Abstract:

Objective To explore the mediating effects of job embeddedness and career identity on the relationship between perceived empowering leadership and career calling among nurses. Methods A survey was conducted among 285 nurses by using the perceived empowering leadership scale,the job embeddedness scale,the career identity scale,and the career calling scale. Results The score of nurses' perceived empowering leadership was(3.22±0.83). The scores of job embeddedness,career identity and career calling were(3.41±0.85),(2.91±0.82) and(3.15±0.82),respectively. Perceived empowering leadership,job embeddedness and career identity were proved to be significant predictors of career calling,which could explain 50% of total variance of career calling. Job embeddedness and career identity mediated the relationship between perceived empowering leadership and career calling respectively,and the effect size was 0.09 and 0.16. Perceived empowering leadership had a positive association with career calling through paths of job embeddedness via career identity and the effect size was 0.07. Conclusion Job embed-dedness and career identity mediate the relationship between perceived empowering leadership and career calling.

Key words: Nurses, Questionnaires, Perceived empowering leadership, Job embeddedness, Career identity, Career calling