Ibrahim, A. (2025). The Relationship between Authentic Leadership and Psychological Well-being at Work for Staff Nurses. Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice, 4(10), 474-486. doi: 10.21608/hijnrp.2025.368434.1300
Abdelrahman Ibrahim. "The Relationship between Authentic Leadership and Psychological Well-being at Work for Staff Nurses". Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice, 4, 10, 2025, 474-486. doi: 10.21608/hijnrp.2025.368434.1300
Ibrahim, A. (2025). 'The Relationship between Authentic Leadership and Psychological Well-being at Work for Staff Nurses', Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice, 4(10), pp. 474-486. doi: 10.21608/hijnrp.2025.368434.1300
Ibrahim, A. The Relationship between Authentic Leadership and Psychological Well-being at Work for Staff Nurses. Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice, 2025; 4(10): 474-486. doi: 10.21608/hijnrp.2025.368434.1300
The Relationship between Authentic Leadership and Psychological Well-being at Work for Staff Nurses
Nursing administration, faculty of nursing helwan university
Abstract
Background: Authentic leadership fosters self-development, psychological competencies through promoting interior morality, relational accountability and significantly predicting psychological well-being. Aim: To investigate the relationship between head nurses’ authentic leadership and the psychological well-being at work for their staff nurses. Design: A descriptive correlational design was used in this study. Setting: this study was conducted at Kafr El-Sheikh university hospital. Subjects: all head nurses and staff nurses both genders, with different levels in nursing education in all departments included. Tools: two tools were used for data collection: Authentic Leadership Self-Assessment Questionnaire and The Index for Psychological Well-being at Work (IPWBW) questionnaire. Results: more than two-thirds of head nurses had a high level of authentic leadership, nearly half of staff nurses had a high level of psychological well-being at work and moderate level respectively. Conclusion: there was a statistically significant positive correlation between authentic leadership and psychological well-being at work. Recommendation: implement an authentic leadership educational program for all head nurses to increase their competencies regarding their authentic leadership, create a supportive working environment that enhances nurse’s innovation and conduct further studies about authentic leadership in nursing and examine its effects on outcomes related to nurses.
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