The relationship of authentic leadership and organizational commitment in responsible nurses

Purpose: In this study, it Way planned to determine the relationship between perceived authentic leadership and organizational commitment in responsible nurses and to investigate the effect of nurses' authentic leadership perception on organizational commitment levels. Materials and methods: In the investigations, sample not calculated, and than was tried to be reached 225 of the data collection tools were evaluated. In the research, the data of the participants were collected with the simple random sampling method for the survey study. Personal information form, authentic leadership and organizational commitment scale were used as data collection tools in the research. The collected data were analyzed with the SPSS 25.00 program. Factor analysis was used in the evaluation of the scales, and correlation and multiple linear regression analysis were used in comparisons. Results: It was determined that the level of Authentic Leadership perceived by nurses in responsible nurses was 3.92±0.66, and their organizational commitment level was 2.97±0.37. It was determined that the authentic leadership perception levels of nurses and the organizational commitment scale were positively, significantly and weakly correlated. In the examination of the relationships at multiple levels, it was determined that other sub-dimensions were linearly related to the levels of organizational commitment, except for the levels of self-awareness. Conclusion: As a result of the findings obtained from the study, it was seen that there is a significant relationship between the levels of authentic leadership and organizational commitment levels of nurses in charge of nurses. It was determined that an increase in the perceived authentic leadership level would significantly increase the normative, emotional and continuance commitment levels of nurses.