Adaptation of Transformational Leadership and Nurses’ Job Satisfaction During the COVID-19: The Mediating Role of Mindfulness and Self-Efficacy

The present study aimed to explore the link between transformational leadership and job satisfaction in medical nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study further examined mindfulness and self-efficacy as mediators in the model. This was a non-experimental quantitative research study. It employed a cross-sectional research design. Four hundred healthcare nurses were included using a convenience sampling method. The analysis of the data was done by employing Structural Equation Modeling. The explanations supported that transformational leadership directly correlated with nurses’ job satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, it was observed that mindfulness and self-efficacy have a significant partial mediating effect on the strength of the relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction. Important conclusions from the study demonstrated transformational leadership's direct and indirect effects on healthcare nurses’ work satisfaction. Staff nurses reported higher levels of job satisfaction when working under staff supervision in the healthcare industry, and nurses who experienced transformational leadership attitudes and had high levels of self-efficacy and mindfulness reported being very satisfied with their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.