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Altruistic leadership and affiliative humor's role on service innovation: Lessons from Spanish public hospitals.
Andrés Salas-vallinaRafael Fernández GuerreroAnna Ferrer-francosubject
030503 health policy & servicesHealth Policymedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesQuestionnaireSample (statistics)AltruismStructural equation modeling03 medical and health sciences0502 economics and businessLeadership styleService innovation0305 other medical sciencePsychologySocial psychology050203 business & managementmedia_commondescription
Despite literature identifies aspects that might promote innovation, the relationship between the leadership style and nurses' innovative behavior still remains unclear, and little research has provided evidence of this. To help advance in knowledge of effects of leadership on nurses' innovative behavior, we researched the effect of altruistic leadership on nurses' innovative behavior. In addition, the mediating role of affiliative humor in the relationship between altruistic leadership and nurses' innovative behavior was examined. Questionnaire survey method was followed with a sample of 324 nurses working in public hospitals in Spain. We used structural equation models, to check the research hypotheses. This research reveals that affiliative humor partially mediates the relationship between altruistic leadership and nurses' innovative behavior. Thus, unselfish leaders are crucial to promoting innovative behaviors among nurses, and affiliative humor plays a fundamental role to explain how altruistic leaders enhance nurses' innovative behavior.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-01 | The International journal of health planning and management |