Abstract

The study examined the relationship between final year nursing students' perceptions of preceptor authentic leadership and self-efficacy. Nursing students are required to engage in a preceptorship experience at the end of their nursing education for socialisation into the profession and learning consolidation to facilitate optimum transition from student to nurse. Unfortunately, preceptorship has been identified as the most stressful experience that nursing students engage in and poor relations with clinical staff and low competence beliefs to nurse have led to attrition after graduation. To date, a limited number of studies have examined preceptors' leadership style, particularly authentic leadership and student nurses' self-efficacy. Authentic leadership has been identified in the nursing literature as a root element for creating healthy work environments to enhance nurturing leader-follower relationships. Hence, this study addresses: a) the relationship between perceived preceptor authentic leadership and nursing students' self-efficacy, job satisfaction, and job performance; b) the influence of the final clinical practicum on nursing students' self-efficacy to nurse; and c) the mediating effect of self-efficacy on perceived preceptor authentic leadership, job satisfaction and job performance.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 22623354; ProQuest document ID: 2388716589. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Venise D. Bryan, PhD

Sigma Membership

Phi Gamma (Virtual)

Lead Author Affiliation

Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Other

Research Approach

Mixed/Multi Method Research

Keywords:

Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Job Performance, Nursing Students

Advisor

Salvatore Mendaglio

Second Advisor

Eugene Kowch

Third Advisor

Joan Vitello-Cicciu

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

University of Calgary

Degree Year

2019

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2023-02-16

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