Leadership Behavior Associations with Domains of Safety Culture, Engagement, and Health Care Worker Well-Being.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leadership is a key driver of health care worker well-being and engagement, and feedback is an essential leadership behavior. Methods for evaluating interaction norms of local leaders are not well developed. Moreover, associations between local leadership and related domains are poorly understood. This study sought to evaluate health care worker leadership behaviors in relation to burnout, safety culture, and engagement using the Local Leadership scale of the Safety, Communication, Operational Reliability, and Engagement (SCORE) survey.

Methods

The SCORE survey was administered to 31 Midwestern hospitals as part of a broad effort to measure care context, with domains including Local Leadership, Emotional Exhaustion/Burnout, Safety Climate, and Engagement. Mixed-ef

SUBMITTER: Tawfik DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9974844 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature