TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– This study seeks to extend research on the relationship between empowering leadership, empowerment and outcome variables by examining the mediating role of employee engagement. More specifically, the study sets out to test whether employee engagement mediates the effects of empowering leadership and empowerment on affective commitment and turnover intention.Design/methodology/approach– The sample on which conclusions are based consisted of 139 employees of a community health service. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equations modelling (SEM) were used to test the measurement and structural models proposed.Findings– CFA showed acceptable fit indices for the measurement model after respecifying a reduced number of items for the explanatory variables. Structural equations modelling of a respecified model also yielded acceptable fit indices and showed that empowerment mediated the influence of empowering leadership on engagement. Engagement was shown to partially mediate the influence of empowerment on affective commitment, which in turn influenced turnover intentions.Research limitations/implications– The use of cross‐sectional self‐report data suggests the need to replicate the findings in a longitudinal design with additional samples.Practical implications– Results are discussed in terms of the importance of training and development initiatives aimed at promoting empowering leadership, empowerment and engagement in health service contexts. The results will be of interest to practitioners and researchers.Originality/value– The research provides new insights in to the relationships between empowering leadership, empowerment, engagement, affective commitment and turnover intentions in health service contexts.
VL  - 24
IS  - 3
SN  - 1751-1879
DO  - 10.1108/17511871111151126
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/17511871111151126
AU  - Albrecht Simon L.
AU  - Andreetta Manuela
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - The influence of empowering leadership, empowerment and engagement on affective commitment and turnover intentions in community health service workers: Test of a model
T2  - Leadership in Health Services
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 228
EP  - 237
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -