The association of leadership with nurses' turnover intention: A two-wave cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Destructive leadership, particularly exploitative leadership (leaders benefiting themselves at the expense of followers), has received limited attention in nursing research. Moreover, the fundamental mechanisms and boundary conditions associated with exploitative leadership that trigger turnover intention have also been neglected.

Aim

Based on the conservation of resources theory, we explored how exploitative leadership was associated with nurses' turnover intention through emotional exhaustion and further looked into the moderating effect of emotional intelligence on the relationship between emotional exhaustion and turnover intention.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study, with a survey carried out between January and March 2024.

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SUBMITTER: Masih S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12719683 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature