TY - JOUR
T1 - Responsible leadership and turnover intentions in health-care professionals
T2 - The mediating role of burnout
AU - Marques, Tânia
AU - Crespo, Cátia Fernandes
AU - Pina e Cunha, Miguel
AU - Caçador, Mariana
AU - Dias, Sara Simões
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper is financed by National Funds of the FCT – Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology within the project UIDB/04928/2020, UID/ECO/00124/2019, UIDB/00124/2020, and Social Sciences DataLab, PINFRA/22209/2016, POR Lisboa and POR Norte (Social Sciences DataLab, PINFRA/22209/2016).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2023/11/22
Y1 - 2023/11/22
N2 - Purpose: Drawing on social identity theory, this study aims to test how responsible leadership predicts turnover intentions by considering the mediating role of burnout. Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 213 Portuguese health-care workers was collected and analysed through partial least squares-structural equation modelling. Findings: The findings indicate a negative relationship between responsible leadership and turnover intentions. Burnout is positively associated with turnover intentions, and, in turn, responsible leadership is negatively associated with burnout. Burnout also partially mediates the association of responsible leadership with turnover intention. Originality/value: The findings provide a fresh perspective on leadership dynamics in the health-care context by expressing the role of responsible leadership in reducing emotional exhaustion and depersonalization of work, thus mitigating intentions to leave.
AB - Purpose: Drawing on social identity theory, this study aims to test how responsible leadership predicts turnover intentions by considering the mediating role of burnout. Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 213 Portuguese health-care workers was collected and analysed through partial least squares-structural equation modelling. Findings: The findings indicate a negative relationship between responsible leadership and turnover intentions. Burnout is positively associated with turnover intentions, and, in turn, responsible leadership is negatively associated with burnout. Burnout also partially mediates the association of responsible leadership with turnover intention. Originality/value: The findings provide a fresh perspective on leadership dynamics in the health-care context by expressing the role of responsible leadership in reducing emotional exhaustion and depersonalization of work, thus mitigating intentions to leave.
KW - Burnout
KW - Health care
KW - Responsible leadership
KW - Social identity theory
KW - Turnover intentions
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U2 - 10.1108/LHS-11-2022-0109
DO - 10.1108/LHS-11-2022-0109
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85153743823
SN - 1751-1879
VL - 36
SP - 562
EP - 578
JO - Leadership in Health Services
JF - Leadership in Health Services
IS - 4
ER -
