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Effects of Ethical Leadership on Perceived Organizational Support and Organizational Commitment of Nurses in a Hospital: Mediating Role of Perceived Organizational Support

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2010;16(4):419-427.
Published online: December 31, 2010

1Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Ulsan College, Korea.

Correspondence: Lee, Kyung Hee. Department of Nursing, Ulsan College, # 101 Bong-Su-Ro, Dong-Gu, Ulsan 682-715, Korea. Tel: 82-52-230-0736, Fax: 82-52-230-0730, khlee@mail.uc.ac.kr
• Received: September 7, 2010   • Revised: November 2, 2010   • Accepted: November 25, 2010

Copyright © 2010 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration

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  • Purpose
    This study was done to investigate the relationship of ethical leadership to perceived organizational support and organizational commitment, and explored the mediating role of perceived organizational support in ethical leadership and organizational commitment of nurse.
  • Method
    Data were collected from 256 nurses in one city. Data from the completed questionnaires was analyzed with the SPSSWIN and AMOS programs.
  • Result
    Ethical leadership related positively to perceived organizational support and organizational commitment. There was also a positive relationship between perceived organizational support and organizational commitment. It was found that perceived organizational support showed a partial mediating role between relationship of ethical leadership and organizational commitment.
  • Conclusion
    The results suggest that positive effects in developing organizational commitment in nurses occur when nurse administrators are concerned about ethical leadership and perceived organizational support.
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Figure 1
Results of structural model testing
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Table 1
Ethical leadership, perceived organizational support, and organizational commitment of the subjects according to general characteristics (N=256)
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Table 2
Results of structural model fitness
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Table 3
Results of analyzing structural model
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    Effects of Ethical Leadership on Perceived Organizational Support and Organizational Commitment of Nurses in a Hospital: Mediating Role of Perceived Organizational Support

    Ethical leadership, perceived organizational support, and organizational commitment of the subjects according to general characteristics (N=256)

    Results of structural model fitness

    Results of analyzing structural model

    Table 1 Ethical leadership, perceived organizational support, and organizational commitment of the subjects according to general characteristics (N=256)

    Table 2 Results of structural model fitness

    Table 3 Results of analyzing structural model

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