Nursing turnover intentions: The role of leader emotional intelligence and team culture (original) (raw)

Journal of Nursing Management, 2020

Abstract

AIM To explore the influence of leader emotional intelligence on the working culture prevailing in teams that ultimately impacts nurses' intent to leave the job. BACKGROUND Global shortages of nursing professionals have been concerning issues of extreme vitality in the delivery of superior services. Though the state of the art system provides relief; the hospital management continued worrying about losing highly skilled nursing professionals due to a higher level of emotional exhaustion exhibiting progressive turnover. METHODS A survey technique was employed for data collection from nurses. Further data was analyzed by structural equation modeling in light of 313 substantial responses by using Smart-PLS. RESULTS The findings revealed that leaders' emotional intelligence impulses critical constructive effects by fulfilling the needs of nurses and have an impact on their turnover intentions simultaneously. CONCLUSION The research provides an empirical lens of leadership and culture; which noticeably explain turnover intention. This study affirmed solid connections amongst the leader's emotional intelligence, team culture, and turnover intentions. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT The study provides valuable insight for health management organizations to focus on factors that decreases the turnover intent of nurses. Considering a global shortage of nurses; nursing management must consider crucial aspects of the work environment and plan interventions to restrain nursing turnover intentions.

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