Head nurses’ transformational leadership and nurses’ job engagement: the mediating role of horizontal violence among nurses

Nursing managers should focus on cultivating and selecting head nurses with a transformational leadership style, and implement interventions from two dimensions: regulating affective events and interrupting resource depletion. For instance, by recognizing contributions, supporting innovation, providing care and support, making fair decisions, and establishing effective communication mechanisms, a positive organizational culture can be fostered. This will thereby reduce horizontal violence among nurses and improve their job engagement.