Authentic leadership and innovation behaviour among nurses in China: A mediation model of work engagement

Abstract

Hospitals should enhance authentic leadership by designing leadership training programmes and establishing authentic culture. In addition, nursing managers can also foster nursing innovation through improvements in work engagement. The study data were collected via questionnaires, and we sent out questionnaires with informed consent forms to the study subjects. All valid subjects signed the consent forms and agreed to join this study. In addition, the questionnaires were collected anonymously, and all the subjects' information is strictly confidential. More importantly, the data are only used for research and do not involve any commercial interests.