Leader’s Humility: Unveiling the Mediating Effect of Decent Work on the Relation Between Humble Leadership and Nurses’ Grit

Abstract

Background: Humble leadership emerges in various contexts and circumstances throughout time; it is dynamic and essential in motivating staff nurses to achieve their objectives by influencing and mentoring them with humility, thereby creating an environment that encourages their proactive and creative work practices.

Aim: This study aim to assess the relation between humble leadership and nurses’ grit and also examine the mediating effect of decent work on the relation between humble leadership and nurses’ grit.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of nurses in Sohag University Hospital, Egypt. A total of 454 nurses who had worked at their employing facility for at least 6 months participated in this study. Study variables included humble leadership, nurses’ grit, and decent work.

Results: Decent work mediated the relationship between humble leadership (B = 0.267, t = 4.968, and p < 0.001) and nurses’ grit. Also, there was a statistically significant positive correlation between the participant nurses’ perception of humble leadership and decent work (0.386, p < 0.001), nurses’ perception regarding grit with decent work (r = 0.421 and p = 0.000), and humble leadership (r = 0.363 and p < 0.001).

Conclusions: The importance of addressing decent work to enhance nurses’ grit and promote perception of humble leadership. This study suggests that not only humility by leadership is sufficient to enhancing the nurses’ grit as consistent interest and persistent effort but also the decent work have vital role in pushing the nurses for more commitment and interest in the work of goal achievement.