“…It has been shown that leaders express their TFL behaviors within a personal, dynamic relational exchange context (Wang, Law, Hackett, Wang, & Chen, 2005). Therefore, formation of this relationship between noncritical care SNs and NMs may be explained by the common knowledge and the data presented in Table 3, which indicates that noncritical care units are more likely to be staffed by less experienced nurses (e.g., new graduates) than critical care units (Chaboyen, Najman, & Dunn, 2001). By virtue of the NMs' engagement in teaching and coaching, key behavioral elements of TFL leadership, and developing SNs' clinical competence, noncritical care SNs may have the propensity to rate their NMs more favorably on the dimensions of TFL leadership.…”