The impact of altruistic leadership on turnover intention amongst healthcare professionals the mediating role of job stress

This study aims to investigate the relationship between altruistic leadership, turnover intention, and work stress in healthcare professionals and to show the mediating role of work stress in the effect of altruistic leadership on turnover intention. Altruistic leadership, turnover intention, and work stress were studied to determine whether healthcare workers differ by occupational group. This study was conducted on healthcare professionals working in a private hospital. The findings indicated that while job stress and intent to leave were high among healthcare workers, altruistic leadership levels were moderate. Additionally, nurses' job stress and intent to leave were significantly higher than those of doctors and other healthcare professionals. The study finds that job stress significantly mediated the relationship between altruistic leadership and intent to leave. The result: Managers who demonstrate altruistic leadership reduce turnover intention to quit their job but have a negative mediation of the model with increased work stress among healthcare workers in situations such as pandemics. As a recommendation, strengthening organisational policies and management practices that support employees and enhancing subordinate-supervisor relationships to support workloads mutually may prove beneficial.