The lens of Yin-Yang philosophy: the influence of paradoxical leadership and emotional intelligence on nurses’ organizational identification and turnover intention
ISSN: 1751-1879
Article publication date: 2 March 2023
Issue publication date: 18 May 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to use “both–and” thinking of Yin-Yang philosophy to extend the field of leadership literatures and explore the influences of paradoxical leadership and emotional intelligence on organizational identification and turnover intentions of nurses.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors adopted a cross-sectional survey completed by 285 nurses in Taiwan. SPSS 22, PROCESS and AMOS 21 were used for data analysis.
Findings
The results reveal that paradoxical leadership has a significant positive relationship with nurses’ organizational identification and a significant negatively relationship with their turnover intentions, and organizational identification partially mediated the relationship between paradoxical leadership and turnover intentions. The results further show that emotional intelligence strengthens the effect of paradoxical leadership on organizational identification, and paradoxical leadership had a stronger indirect effect on turnover intentions through organizational identification under strong emotional intelligence.
Originality/value
Paradoxical leadership can strengthen managers’ abilities in dealing with interrelated and substantial issues and correspond to organizing and belonging paradoxes in holistic thinking processes. Health-care organizations must shape a coordinated institution and offer training initiatives to increase managers’ ability and attitude to control organizational rules and procedures while allowing employees’ flexibility and autonomy according to the requirements of the situation, which will maintain both organizational short-term benefits and long-term growth.
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Acknowledgements
Funding: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Author contributions: Wei-Yuan Lo, Tsui-Yau Liu and Hsiang-Ming Lee proposed the research framework and ideas. Wei-Yuan Lo, Hsiang-Ming Lee and Yu-Kai Lin analyzed the results and wrote the paper in English. Hsiang-Ming Lee and Yu-Kai Lin made contributions to the literature review.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Citation
Lo, W.-Y., Lin, Y.-K., Lee, H.-M. and Liu, T.-Y. (2023), "The lens of Yin-Yang philosophy: the influence of paradoxical leadership and emotional intelligence on nurses’ organizational identification and turnover intention", Leadership in Health Services, Vol. 36 No. 3, pp. 434-457. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHS-09-2022-0095
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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