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To investigate the impact of nurse managers exercising transformational vs. abusive leadership practices with novice nurses.

In a nursing shortage context, it is important to understand better the factors that potentially influence the retention of nurses in the early stages of their career. A large body of research has found that transformational leadership practices have a positive influence on employee functioning. However, very little research exists about the detrimental impact of abusive leadership practices, much less in a nursing context.

A cross‐sectional design where 541 nurses from the province of Quebec (Canada) were questioned in the fall of 2013.

A self‐administered questionnaire was completed by nurses with less than five years of nursing experience.

Results from three linear regression analysis indicated that transformational leadership practices …