Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2017 Jan 1:54:46958017724944.
doi: 10.1177/0046958017724944.

Nurses' Burnout: The Influence of Leader Empowering Behaviors, Work Conditions, and Demographic Traits

Rola H Mudallal  1 , Wafa'a M Othman  1 , Nahid F Al Hassan  2
Affiliations

Nurses' Burnout: The Influence of Leader Empowering Behaviors, Work Conditions, and Demographic Traits

Rola H Mudallal et al. Inquiry. .

Abstract

Nurse burnout is a widespread phenomenon characterized by a reduction in nurses' energy that manifests in emotional exhaustion, lack of motivation, and feelings of frustration and may lead to reductions in work efficacy. This study was conducted to assess the level of burnout among Jordanian nurses and to investigate the influence of leader empowering behaviors (LEBs) on nurses' feelings of burnout in an endeavor to improve nursing work outcomes. A cross-sectional and correlational design was used. Leader Empowering Behaviors Scale and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) were employed to collect data from 407 registered nurses, recruited from 11 hospitals in Jordan. The Jordanian nurses exhibited high levels of burnout as demonstrated by their high scores for Emotional Exhaustion (EE) and Depersonalization (DP) and moderate scores for Personal Accomplishment (PA). Factors related to work conditions, nurses' demographic traits, and LEBs were significantly correlated with the burnout categories. A stepwise regression model-exposed 4 factors predicted EE: hospital type, nurses' work shift, providing autonomy, and fostering participation in decision making. Gender, fostering participation in decision making, and department type were responsible for 5.9% of the DP variance, whereas facilitating goal attainment and nursing experience accounted for 8.3% of the PA variance. This study highlights the importance of the role of nurse leaders in improving work conditions and empowering and motivating nurses to decrease nurses' feelings of burnout, reduce turnover rates, and improve the quality of nursing care.

Keywords: Jordan; burnout; cross-sectional study; decision making; demography; leader empowering behaviors; leadership; work conditions.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

References

    1. World Health Organization. Working together for health. http://www.who.int/whr/2006/whr06_en.pdf?ua=1. Published 2006. Accessed January 14, 2017.
    1. Abualrub RF. Nursing shortage in Jordan: what is the solution? J Prof Nurs. 2007;23(2):117-120. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2006.07.008. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Al-Ma’aitah R, Cameron S, Armstrong-Stassen M, Horsburgh M. Predictors of job satisfaction, turnover, and burnout in female and male Jordanian nurses. Can J Nurs Res. 1999;31(3):15-30. - PubMed
    1. Al-Ma’aitah R, Shokeh D. The Nursing Workforce in Jordan: A Policy Oriented Approach. Jordan, Amman: Jordanian Nursing Council; 2009.
    1. Mudallal RH, Saleh MY, Al-Modallal HM, Abdel-Rahman RY. Quality of nursing care: the influence of work conditions, nurse characteristics and burnout. Int J Afr Nurs Sci. 2017;7:24-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ijans.2017.06.002. - DOI

LinkOut - more resources