Abstract
The corona virus disease (Covid-19) has significantly affected the social, physical, and psychological health of workers, specifically the nurses working in the healthcare sectors. Studies have been conducted on the impact of Covid-19 on employees' well-being, organizational structure, and job design; however, limited studies have been conducted focusing on the impact of leadership on employee's well-being during the Covid-19 pandemic. Drawing on job demands resources model and social exchange theory, we examined the impact of supportive leadership on employees' physical, social, and psychological well-being during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, we examined the mediating role of psychological capital in examining the relationship between supportive leadership and employees' physical, social, and psychological well-being. Based on three wave time-lagged design, the data were collected from 214 nurses' linear regression analysis and Hayes Process for mediation to test the proposed hypothesis. As hypothesized, supportive leadership predicted employees' physical, social, and psychological well-being. In addition, psychological capital mediated the relationship between supportive leadership and employees' physical, social, and psychological well-being. Implications for research, theory, and practice are discussed.
Highlights
Corona virus (Covid-19) is a new disease and is considered to be a very serious threat to all human beings
Considering the challenging conditions caused by the pandemic, this study aims to identify how supportive leadership can affect nurses’ wellbeing at work
We examine the role of supportive leadership behaviors in influencing nurses’ wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic
Summary
Corona virus (Covid-19) is a new disease and is considered to be a very serious threat to all human beings It was first started in December 2019 from Wuhan Province of China and quickly spread across the globe (World Health Organization, 2020). Scientists and medical professionals were caught unaware and did not know how to control and treat Covid-19 patients (Prompetchara et al, 2020). By the end of 2020, there were no successful vaccines or drugs yet for treatment of the virus (Ahmed et al, 2020; Prompetchara et al, 2020; Sanders et al, 2020); only a few vaccines were in experimental stages.
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