Impact of empowering leadership on emotional exhaustion: A controlled interventional study in a large French university hospital complex.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this study is to assess the effect of a systemic intervention on the evolution of empowering leadership and emotional exhaustion in a university hospital sub-centre compared to a control sub-centre, both being part of a large French university hospital complex.

Background

Empowering leadership is a promising strategy for developing hospital team engagement and performance. However, the bureaucratic functioning of large hospitals, characterized by a managerial culture of control and a stratified organization, can be a barrier to empowering leadership.

Methods

The intervention included empowering leadership training, direct field experimentation of empowering leadership and coaching, involving all the sub-centre hierarchical levels for 12 months. Data wer

SUBMITTER: Cougot B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10092518 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature