ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
The Impact of Transformational Leadership on Physicians' Performance in China: A Cross-Level Mediation Model.
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- Transformational Leadership and Psychological Well-Being of Service-Oriented Staff: Hybrid Data Synthesis Technique.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- A Questionnaire Study of Leadership in General Medicine: General Physicians in Japan are Facing Challenges in Education and Research [Response to Letter].International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
- Head nurses' transformational leadership and nurses' job engagement: the mediating role of horizontal violence among nurses.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Configurational Paths of Preconditions to Transformational Leadership Among Core Hospital Leaders: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis.Journal of healthcare leadership · 2024Article
- A Questionnaire Study of Leadership in General Medicine: General Physicians in Japan are Facing Challenges in Education and Research.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- Enabling Transformational Leadership to Foster Disaster-Resilient Hospitals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The effects of positive leadership on quality of work and life of family doctors: The moderated role of culture.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Transformational leadership has been becoming increasingly vital to the provision of high-quality health care, particularly during major public health emergencies. The present study aims to investigate the impact of transformational leadership on physicians' performance and explore the cross-level underlying mechanisms with achievement motivations and coping styles among Chinese physicians. During 2017-2019, 1,527 physicians of 101 departments were recruited from six hospitals in China with a cluster random sampling method. Participants completed several questionnaires regarding their job performance, achievement motivations, coping styles, and transformational leadership. Multilevel mediation effects were tested using cross-level path analysis. The result of this study indicated that transformational leadership was applied well in Chinese medical settings with a score of 101.56 ± 6.42. The hierarchical linear model showed that transformational leadership had a cross-level direct positive effect on physicians' performance (β = 1.524,
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