Abstract: Background: Because of the growing of institution's requirements for patients' safety, quality and service, it has become important for nursing staff leaders to lead the staff to perform as the institution requires, and provide a friendly workplace. Purpose: This study investigates the correlation between transformational leadership, empowerment perception and work-related stress faced by nursing staff; and further analyzes factors that impact the prediction of work-related stress. Methods: A cross-sectional correlation research design was used, and nursing staff at a medical center in southern Taiwan were selected as this study's subjects. Data were collected through purposive sampling and structured questionnaires including: personal information, transformational leadership, nursing staff's empowerment perception and nursing staff's work-related stress.............
Keywords: transformational leadership, empowerment perception, work-related stress
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