Abstract: Objective: To investigate the influence of head nurses' authentic leadership on nurses' work engagement. Method:Totally 208 nurses from a tertiary hospital in Beijing were investigated with Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). Result: Head nurses' authentic leadership had a positive influence on nurses' work engagement. Among the four dimensions, self-awareness and internalized moral perspective were significantly associated with nurses' work engagement. Conclusion: Nursing managers should pay more attention to authentic leadership, and effective actions should be taken to strengthen head nurses' authentic leadership, so as to enhance nurses' work engagement.