The role of empowering leadership and psychological empowerment on nurses’ work engagement and affective commitment

Purpose This study aims to investigate role of empowering leadership and psychological empowerment on nurses' work engagement affective commitment. Design/methodology/approach Self-administered questionnaire data from 231 nurses working in a university hospital Saudi Arabia were analysed using cross-sectional research design structural equation modelling (SEM) assess the relationship between (EL), commitment (AC) (WE) while testing for mediating (PE). Findings SEM analysis demonstrated that EL significantly relates AC. AC similarly WE. Further, results showed PE substantially mediates There is no significant direct found Practical implications The findings are essential nursing managers. They illustrate become more committed their organisation and, return, engaged with when they receive EL. Therefore, managers could train leaders practice as increased WE has been result other positive attitudes such reduced turnover intention. Originality/value corroborates relationships EL, WE, well PE. However, this unique long-established was not supported. It shows propositions leader-member exchange theory may hold non-Western contexts, case, Arabia.