Email this article 
Hide
Show all
Original Research
The relationship between resilience and empowering leader behaviour of nurse managers in the mining healthcare sector
Submitted: 05 December 2016 | Published: 28 June 2018
About the author(s)
Babalwa Tau, School of Nursing Science, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South AfricaEmmerentia Du Plessis, School of Nursing Science, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Daleen Koen, School of Nursing Science, (Mafikeng) North West University, South Africa
Suria Ellis, Unit for Business, Mathematics and Informatics, North-West University, Potchefstroom
Abstract
Background: The South African mining healthcare sector faces injuries, illnesses including HIV and AIDS and high staff turnover rates. In this sector, nurse managers should create an optimal environment for providing nursing care by motivating, influencing and empowering nurses.
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between nurse managers’ resilience and empowering leader behaviour in this sector.
Method: The study employed a quantitative, descriptive and correlational design. The research population comprised 31 nurse managers, 101 professional nurses, 79 enrolled nurses and 79 enrolled nursing auxiliaries who participated in the study. Two questionnaires were used as data collection methods, namely Wagnild and Young’s Resilience Scale Questionnaire to investigate the resilience of nurse managers and the Empowering Leadership Questionnaire to measure empowering leader behaviour of the nurses supervised by a particular nurse manager.
Results: Out of 31 nurse managers, 8 had a low level, 19 had a moderate level and 4 had a high level of resilience. According to Hoteling’s t-test the nurse managers in the low resilience group displayed lower empowering leader behaviour as perceived by their team members than those in the high resilience group in terms of the five factors included in the Empowerment Leadership Questionnaire.
Conclusion: Respondents with high resilience scores tended to have higher leader empowering behaviour.
Recommendations include the strengthening of nurse managers’ resilience through workshops and reflection practices, debriefing and performance feedback sessions.
Keywords
Metrics
Total abstract views: 7430Total article views: 7127
Crossref Citations
1. Cultivating joy: Improving nurse resilience through use of a practice playbook
Kristen Koprowski, Diana Meyer, Teresa Stanfill, Laura J. Tivis
Applied Nursing Research vol: 62 first page: 151484 year: 2021
doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2021.151484
2. Characteristics of Leadership Competency in Nurse Managers: A Scoping Review
Silvia Perez-Gonzalez, Pilar Marques-Sanchez, Arrate Pinto-Carral, Alberto Gonzalez-Garcia, Cristina Liebana-Presa, Carmen Benavides, Ruishuang Zheng
Journal of Nursing Management vol: 2024 issue: 1 year: 2024
doi: 10.1155/2024/5594154
3. Strategies to Enhance the Resilience of Nurse Managers
Thokgamo Boitshwarelo, Magdalena Koen, Mahlasela Rakhudu
Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery vol: 24 issue: 1 year: 2022
doi: 10.25159/2520-5293/8888
4. Strengths employed by resilient nurse managers in dealing with workplace stressors in public hospitals
Thokgamo Boitshwarelo, Magdalene P. Koen, Mahlasela A. Rakhudu
International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences vol: 13 first page: 100252 year: 2020
doi: 10.1016/j.ijans.2020.100252
5. Global prevalence of resilience in health care professionals: A systematic review, meta‐analysis and meta‐regression
Crystal Kai Tian Cheng, Jie Hui Chua, Ling Jie Cheng, Wei How Darryl Ang, Ying Lau
Journal of Nursing Management vol: 30 issue: 3 first page: 795 year: 2022
doi: 10.1111/jonm.13558
6. Positive affect and resilience: Exploring the role of self-efficacy and self-regulation. A serial mediation model
Daphne Pillay, Petrus Nel, Ebben van Zyl
SA Journal of Industrial Psychology vol: 48 year: 2022
doi: 10.4102/sajip.v48i0.1913
7. The Relationship Between Transformational Leadership Practices of First‐Line Nurse Managers and Nurses’ Organizational Resilience and Job Involvement: A Structural Equation Model
Sally Mohammed Farghaly Abd‐EL Aliem, Ebtsam Aly Abou Hashish
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing vol: 18 issue: 5 first page: 273 year: 2021
doi: 10.1111/wvn.12535
8. Capacities for resilience in healthcare; a qualitative study across different healthcare contexts
Hilda Bø Lyng, Carl Macrae, Veslemøy Guise, Cecilie Haraldseid-Driftland, Birte Fagerdal, Lene Schibevaag, Siri Wiig
BMC Health Services Research vol: 22 issue: 1 year: 2022
doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07887-6
9. Emerging Nurse Manager’s Resilience and Their Empowering Behavior during COVID-19
Eman Salman Taie, Nessma Nehmedo Amine, Amira Fathy Akeel
Psych vol: 4 issue: 4 first page: 788 year: 2022
doi: 10.3390/psych4040058
10. Effectiveness of a Theory-Based Resiliency Intervention for Nurses
Hasan Abualruz, Ferial Hayajneh
The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing vol: 54 issue: 12 first page: 581 year: 2023
doi: 10.3928/00220124-20231013-03
11. Comportamento empoderador do enfermeiro-líder na perspectiva de técnicos e auxiliares de enfermagem
Elinalva Priscila Soares da Graça, Priscila Braga de Oliveira, Wilza Carla Spiri
Acta Paulista de Enfermagem vol: 37 year: 2023
doi: 10.37689/acta-ape/2024AO0000121
12. The essentials of nursing leadership: A systematic review of factors and educational interventions influencing nursing leadership
Greta G. Cummings, Sarah Lee, Kaitlyn Tate, Tatiana Penconek, Simone P.M. Micaroni, Tanya Paananen, Gargi E. Chatterjee
International Journal of Nursing Studies vol: 115 first page: 103842 year: 2021
doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103842
13. Resilience Protects Nurses from Workplace Gaslighting and Quiet Quitting, and Improves Their Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece
Ioannis Moisoglou, Aglaia Katsiroumpa, Olympia Konstantakopoulou, Ioanna V. Papathanasiou, Ioanna Prasini, Maria Rekleiti, Petros Galanis
Healthcare vol: 13 issue: 16 first page: 2064 year: 2025
doi: 10.3390/healthcare13162064
14. Testing a model of resilience for women leaders: a strengths based approach
Daphne Pillay-Naidoo, Petrus Nel
Australian Journal of Psychology vol: 74 issue: 1 year: 2022
doi: 10.1080/00049530.2022.2138542
15. Nurse leaders' resilience and their role in supporting nurses' resilience during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A scoping review
Saija Sihvola, Tarja Kvist, Anu Nurmeksela
Journal of Nursing Management vol: 30 issue: 6 first page: 1869 year: 2022
doi: 10.1111/jonm.13640
16. Relationship between management and resilience in healthcare: a study protocol for a systematic review
Erika E Petersen, Hilda Bø Lyng, Eline Ree, Siri Wiig
BMJ Open vol: 11 issue: 7 first page: e047855 year: 2021
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047855
17. Leadership and Resilience: Where Should We Go Next?
Daniel T.L. Shek, Aaron D. Wilkinson
Journal of Leadership Studies vol: 16 issue: 2 first page: 50 year: 2022
doi: 10.1002/jls.21817
18. Managing during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional study of health care workers' perceived organizational support and its consequences on their compassion, resilience and turnover intention
Fatma Refaat Ahmed, Wegdan Bani‐Issa, Fionna Timmins, Jacqueline Maria Dias, Nabeel Al‐Yateem, Muhammad Arsyad Subu, Shaikhah Mohamed Alzahmi, Roba Saqan, Hanif Abdul Rahman, Mohannad Eid AbuRuz
Journal of Nursing Management vol: 30 issue: 7 first page: 2642 year: 2022
doi: 10.1111/jonm.13824
19. Nurse managers' burnout and organizational support: The serial mediating role of leadership and resilience
Dan Luo, Yulei Song, Xue Cai, Ruxue Li, Yamei Bai, Baoyun Chen, Ya Liu
Journal of Nursing Management vol: 30 issue: 8 first page: 4251 year: 2022
doi: 10.1111/jonm.13852
20. Impact of Structural Employee Empowerment on Hospital Ratings: Mediating Role of Social Climate and First-Line Managers’ Resilience
Nadežda Jankelová, Zuzana Joniaková, Zuzana Skorková, Hana Gažová Adamková
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy vol: Volume 17 first page: 883 year: 2024
doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S453351
21. Staff nurses’ perception of authentic leadership behavior of first-line managers and its relation to their resilience
Shimaa Awad Mohamed, Abeer Mohammed Seada, Shaimaa Ali
Egyptian Nursing Journal vol: 21 issue: 3 first page: 333 year: 2024
doi: 10.4103/enj.enj_12_24
22. Gender Bias toward Supervisors’ Empowering Leadership Behavior
Heidi L. Lutz, Tyler C. Re, Julie A. Auckland Brandt, Rachel Garcia
Behavior and Social Issues vol: 32 issue: 2 first page: 419 year: 2023
doi: 10.1007/s42822-023-00141-6
23. Developing an integrated framework of healthcare leaders’ resilience
Charlotte Förster, Stephanie Duchek, Silke Geithner, Maxie Krägler
Review of Managerial Science vol: 17 issue: 5 first page: 1765 year: 2023
doi: 10.1007/s11846-022-00572-2
24. Younger Nurse Leaders Leading Older Nurses
Aydrian Y. DeDiemar
Nurse Leader vol: 21 issue: 2 first page: 151 year: 2023
doi: 10.1016/j.mnl.2022.12.002
25. Towards the Transition to an Empowered and Resilient Leadership of Nursing Professionals
María Guadalupe Moreno-Monsivais
Aquichan vol: 22 issue: 4 first page: 1 year: 2022
doi: 10.5294/aqui.2022.22.4.1