Purpose

This paper aims to propose a model of the effect of both authentic leadership and management capability on hospital performance. This model proposes work engagement as an intervening mechanism between the aforesaid links.

Design/methodology/approach

Data were collected from 380 medical staff working in Jordanian Public hospitals and were analysed using the structural equation modelling analysis technique.

Findings

The results suggest that both authentic leadership and management capability have a positive effect on hospital performance. Although positive, the direct effect of management capability on performance was not significant. Furthermore, work engagement demonstrated to play a full mediation effect between management capability and hospital performance and a partial mediation effect between authentic leadership and hospital performance.

Practical implications

This study may be of use for public medical services providers in general and other services sectors in terms of the role authentic leadership and management resources can play in contributing to positive work-related outcomes at the individual and organisational levels.

Originality/value

Considering the mainstream literature in health-care management, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to date to integrate the impact of both authentic leadership and management capabilities in the public health-care sector. Further, the research model has not previously been introduced when taking into account the role that work engagement can play between the examined variables.

中文翻译：

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将真实的领导和管理能力与公立医院的绩效联系起来：工作投入的作用

目的

本文旨在提出一个真实领导和管理能力对医院绩效影响的模型。该模型提出工作参与是上述环节之间的一种干预机制。

设计/方法/方法

从在约旦公立医院工作的 380 名医务人员收集数据，并使用结构方程模型分析技术进行分析。

发现

结果表明，真实的领导和管理能力对医院绩效都有积极影响。虽然是积极的，但管理能力对绩效的直接影响并不显着。此外，工作投入表现出管理能力与医院绩效之间的完全中介作用，以及真实领导与医院绩效之间的部分中介作用。

实际影响

本研究可能对一般的公共医疗服务提供者和其他服务部门有用，因为真实的领导和管理资源可以在个人和组织层面促进与工作相关的积极成果方面发挥作用。

原创性/价值

考虑到医疗保健管理领域的主流文献，据作者所知，这是迄今为止第一项将真实领导和管理能力对公共医疗保健部门的影响相结合的研究。此外，在考虑到工作投入在所检查变量之间可能发挥的作用时，之前并未引入研究模型。