Objective To measure the relationships among stressors (personal factors, job/role factors,
hospital factors), job stress, and outcomes experienced by nurse leaders and examine
moderation of autonomy and leadership style on outcomes of job stress. Design A cross‐
sectional, quantitative design. Setting Acute and nonacute care settings throughout North
America. Participants A nonprobability convenience sample of 392 was drawn from a
population of nurse leaders across the United States and Canada who were members of the …