Mediating Effect of Social capital between Transformational leadership and Organizational Commitment of Nurses in Hospitals

Abstract

This study examined the mediating effects of social capital between transformational leadership and organizational commitment in hospitals nurses`. The survey was conducted with 244 nurses working in a general hospital. The data was collected with the transformational leadership, social capital and organizational commitment and analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 21.0 and Amos 18.0. A positive relationship was observed between transformational leadership, social capital, and organizational commitment; social capital had a partial mediating effect of a transformational leadership and organizational commitment. To increase the organizational commitment, mediating between the head nurse` transformational leadership and social capital is recommended.