The impacts of self-expectation leadership and organizational commitment on hand hygiene behavior of medical staff based on the theory of implicit leadership
Hand hygiene behavior (HHB) in healthcare settings remains suboptimal globally. Self-expectation leadership and organizational commitment are emphasized as important factors influencing HHB. However, there are no studies to support any relationship between self-expectation leadership and organizatio...
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| author | Qianning Wang Xiaoquan Lai Feiyang Zheng Tiantian Yu Lu Wang Yuanyang Wu Kang Wang Xinping Zhang Qian Zhou Li Tan |
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| description | Hand hygiene behavior (HHB) in healthcare settings remains suboptimal globally. Self-expectation leadership and organizational commitment are emphasized as important factors influencing HHB. However, there are no studies to support any relationship between self-expectation leadership and organizational commitment to HHB. This study will fill the gap by applying implicit leadership theory (ILT) to support the further promote HHB among medical staff. A cross-sectional study of 23,426 medical staff was conducted in all second-level and third-level hospitals in Hubei province, China. Based on ILT, an online self-administered and anonymous questionnaire was designed for measuring the medical staff’s self-expectation leadership, organizational commitment, and HHB based on Offermann’s 8 dimensions scale, Chang’s 3 dimensions scale, and the specification of hand hygiene for healthcare workers, respectively, in which self-expectation leadership was divided into positive traits and negative traits parts. The structural equation model was used to examine the direct, indirect, and mediating effects of the variables. Positive traits of self-expectation leadership had a positive effect on organizational commitment (β = 0.617, p < 0.001) and HHB (β = 0.180, p < 0.001). Negative traits of self-expectation leadership had a negative effect on organizational commitment (β = –0.032, p < 0.001), while a positive effect on HHB (β = 0.048, p < 0.001). The organizational commitment had a positive effect on HHB (β = 0.419, p < 0.001). The mediating effect of the organizational commitment showed positively between positive traits of self-expectation leadership and HHB (β = 0.259, p < 0.001), while negatively between negative traits of self-expectation leadership and HHB (β = –0.013, p < 0.001). Positive traits of self-expectation leadership are important predictors of promoting organizational commitment and HHB, while negative traits of self-expectation leadership have a limited impact on organizational commitment and HHB in the field of healthcare-associated infection prevention and control. These findings suggest the need to focus on positive traits of self-expectation leadership; although negative traits of self-expectation leadership can also promote HHB to a lesser degree among medical staff, it will reduce their organizational commitment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac5a733204464d5da6d6441c7ce78d412022-12-22T03:39:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-11-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.992920992920The impacts of self-expectation leadership and organizational commitment on hand hygiene behavior of medical staff based on the theory of implicit leadershipQianning Wang0Xiaoquan Lai1Feiyang Zheng2Tiantian Yu3Lu Wang4Yuanyang Wu5Kang Wang6Xinping Zhang7Qian Zhou8Li Tan9School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Nosocomial Infection, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Hospital Infection Management, Wuhan Children’s Hospital, Wuhan Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Nosocomial Infection, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaHand hygiene behavior (HHB) in healthcare settings remains suboptimal globally. Self-expectation leadership and organizational commitment are emphasized as important factors influencing HHB. However, there are no studies to support any relationship between self-expectation leadership and organizational commitment to HHB. This study will fill the gap by applying implicit leadership theory (ILT) to support the further promote HHB among medical staff. A cross-sectional study of 23,426 medical staff was conducted in all second-level and third-level hospitals in Hubei province, China. Based on ILT, an online self-administered and anonymous questionnaire was designed for measuring the medical staff’s self-expectation leadership, organizational commitment, and HHB based on Offermann’s 8 dimensions scale, Chang’s 3 dimensions scale, and the specification of hand hygiene for healthcare workers, respectively, in which self-expectation leadership was divided into positive traits and negative traits parts. The structural equation model was used to examine the direct, indirect, and mediating effects of the variables. Positive traits of self-expectation leadership had a positive effect on organizational commitment (β = 0.617, p < 0.001) and HHB (β = 0.180, p < 0.001). Negative traits of self-expectation leadership had a negative effect on organizational commitment (β = –0.032, p < 0.001), while a positive effect on HHB (β = 0.048, p < 0.001). The organizational commitment had a positive effect on HHB (β = 0.419, p < 0.001). The mediating effect of the organizational commitment showed positively between positive traits of self-expectation leadership and HHB (β = 0.259, p < 0.001), while negatively between negative traits of self-expectation leadership and HHB (β = –0.013, p < 0.001). Positive traits of self-expectation leadership are important predictors of promoting organizational commitment and HHB, while negative traits of self-expectation leadership have a limited impact on organizational commitment and HHB in the field of healthcare-associated infection prevention and control. These findings suggest the need to focus on positive traits of self-expectation leadership; although negative traits of self-expectation leadership can also promote HHB to a lesser degree among medical staff, it will reduce their organizational commitment.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.992920/fullpositive traits of self-expectation leadershipnegative traits of self-expectation leadershiporganizational commitmenthand hygiene behaviormedical staffimplicit leadership theory |
| spellingShingle | Qianning Wang Xiaoquan Lai Feiyang Zheng Tiantian Yu Lu Wang Yuanyang Wu Kang Wang Xinping Zhang Qian Zhou Li Tan The impacts of self-expectation leadership and organizational commitment on hand hygiene behavior of medical staff based on the theory of implicit leadership Frontiers in Psychology positive traits of self-expectation leadership negative traits of self-expectation leadership organizational commitment hand hygiene behavior medical staff implicit leadership theory |
| title | The impacts of self-expectation leadership and organizational commitment on hand hygiene behavior of medical staff based on the theory of implicit leadership |
| title_full | The impacts of self-expectation leadership and organizational commitment on hand hygiene behavior of medical staff based on the theory of implicit leadership |
| title_fullStr | The impacts of self-expectation leadership and organizational commitment on hand hygiene behavior of medical staff based on the theory of implicit leadership |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impacts of self-expectation leadership and organizational commitment on hand hygiene behavior of medical staff based on the theory of implicit leadership |
| title_short | The impacts of self-expectation leadership and organizational commitment on hand hygiene behavior of medical staff based on the theory of implicit leadership |
| title_sort | impacts of self expectation leadership and organizational commitment on hand hygiene behavior of medical staff based on the theory of implicit leadership |
| topic | positive traits of self-expectation leadership negative traits of self-expectation leadership organizational commitment hand hygiene behavior medical staff implicit leadership theory |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.992920/full |
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