Breaking the silence in the health-care sector: the relationship between empowering leadership and nurses’ silence toward patient safety via psychological empowerment

To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is one of the first studies that investigates the effect of empowering leadership on employee silence in the health-care sector. Furthermore, it highlights the underlying mechanism that accounts for this relationship. In doing so, it also provides novel insights into the effect of psychological empowerment on nurses' unfavorable behavior, such as nurses' silence toward patient safety. Theoretical and practical implications are also discussed.