The Relationship Between Burnout Experiences, Turnover Intentions, and Perceptions of Managers’ Authentic Leadership Practices: A Cross-sectional Study of Hawai'i Hospital Nurses

There is a growing concern about the global nursing shortage, with burnout being themost common reason nurses leave their jobs. Several studies have proposed strategies to increase nurse retention rates and reduce burnout, with nursing leadership, particularly authentic leadership, playing a crucial role in impacting this healthcare issue. The purpose of this dissertation-in-practice (DIP) study was to examine the relationship between nurses’ burnout experiences, their turnover intentions, and perceptions of their managers’ authentic leadership practices with the goal of informing retention efforts in Hawai‘i hospitals. This study employed a non-experimental, cross-sectional, correlational quantitative design. Three hypotheses were tested using validated instruments: The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) to assess nurses’ burnout, the Turnover Intention Scale (TIS-6) to measure turnover intentions, and the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) to measure perceptions of authentic leadership. Based on the findings of this DIP, the aim of this study is twofold. First, develop a nurse-led educational wellness program that includes annual burnout assessments to help Hawai‘i hospital nurses prevent and reduce burnout, guided by the descriptive statistics revealed in the study. Second, create an authentic leadership training program for managers. This training will provide benchmarks for managers’ authentic leadership practices and help them develop targeted strategies to strengthen the balanced processing component of their authentic leadership. Guided by the study’s results, two strategic solutions are proposed to fulfill these objectives. Keywords: Burnout, turnover intentions, authentic leadership

Grantor dc:publisher

Creighton University

Year dc:date.issued

2025

Author dc:creator

• Siemann, Renely, Somuelo

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Bloomquist, Candace

• Authentic Leadership
• Burnout
• Turnover Intentions

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• Copyright is retained by the Author. A non-exclusive distribution right is granted to Creighton University and to ProQuest following the publishing model selected above.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Repository record dc:identifier.uri

https://cdr.creighton.edu/handle/10504/163215

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oai:cdr.creighton.edu:10504/163215