Effect of Resilience on Work Engagement under Authentic Leadership

Document Type : Original Article

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Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

Abstract

Background: Authentic leadership is a suitable leadership model that results directly or
indirectly in more positive workplace behaviors and attitudes, including employees' resilience and
work engagement. Aim: To assess the effects of resilience on work engagement under authentic
leadership < /span>. Design: A descriptive correlational design was used for this study. Setting: This study
was conducted at El- Rajehy and Al Orman, Hospitals. Subjects: Convenient sample was used in
this study total number (345) which includes (305) nurses and (40) head nurses in the predetermined
setting. Results: The highest percentages of nurses who have good work engagement and high
resilience were working in Al Orman Hospital. Moreover, the head nurses working in Al Orman
Hospital had the highest mean scores on authentic leadership. Conclusion: There was a strong
positive correlation between resilience and work engagement with highly statistically significant
differences, and there was a positive correlation between authentic leadership and resilience with
highly statistically significant differences. Recommendation: Managers should constantly evaluate
employee resilience levels and develop strategies and use resources to ensure that employees are
encouraged to adopt good work engagement attitudes.

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 13, Issue 3
September 2022
Pages 1158-1168

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