The association of leadership styles and empowerment with nurses' organizational commitment in an acute health care setting: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The current challenges facing healthcare systems, in relation to the shortage of health professionals, necessitates mangers and leaders to learn from different leadership styles and staff empowerment strategies, so as to create a work environment that encourages nursing staff commitment to patients and their organization. This study intends to measure the effects of nurses' overall perception of the leadership style of their managers, and psychological empowerment on their organizational commitment in acute care units, in National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey, where the data was obtained from nurses at King Abdulaziz Medical City.