Abstract
Background: Characteristics of work climate and job empowerment has a great impact on staff performance. Therefore, creating and examining a positive work climate that directly influences staff nurses' moral, behavior and attitude is main concern for health care providers Aim: The study aimed to investigate the relation between characteristics of work climate and job empowerment at Mansoura University Hospital. Sbjects and method: design: A descriptive correlational study was utilized. Setting: this study conducted in Mansoura University Hospital. Subjects: A sample of all staff nurses with total No (110) who were working in Mansoura University Hospital. Tool: Nurses' perception of work climate characteristics questionnaire and empowerment questionnaire. Results: Revealed that more than half of nurses had high work climate perception. Most work climate perception of staff nurses pertained to customer service, followed by quality, work facilitation and Communication. Also, the most staff nurses were empowered, and the highest mean score was for opportunities, meanwhile the lowest mean score for resources.. Conclusion: there was a highly statistically significant correlation between characteristics of work climate and job empowerment. Recommendations: Nursing leaders and hospital managers should provide a work climate that allows nurses to share ideas, team spirit and creativity. Furthermore, highlight the importance of empowerment strategies that allow nurses to work in a healthy working environment.
Highlights
The organizational work climate and job empowerment is considered as a vital component that is essential for the progress of the organization, the organizational climate is a key to corporate success which determines the actions and behaviors of workers
AIM OF STUDY: The aim of this study is to investigate the relation between characteristics of work climate and job empowerment through:1- Assessing characteristics of work climate at Mansoura University Hospital. 2- Determining job empowerment level among staff nurses at Mansoura University Hospital. 3- Finding out the relation between characteristics of work climate and job empowerment among staff nurses at Mansoura University Hospital
As regard to age group, table shows that 46.4% of nurses were at age group 20:
Summary
The organizational work climate and job empowerment is considered as a vital component that is essential for the progress of the organization, the organizational climate is a key to corporate success which determines the actions and behaviors of workers. It comprises a set of attitudes, values and practices that characterize the members of a particular organization (Kassem & Gaber, 2015).Organizational climate refers to the values, beliefs that are not visible but exist within the employee’s behavior and action (Moghimi & Subramaniam, 2013). Creating and examining a positive work climate that directly influences staff nurses' moral, behavior and attitude is main concern for health care providers Aim: The study aimed to investigate the relation between characteristics of work climate and job empowerment at Mansoura University Hospital. Highlight the importance of empowerment strategies that allow nurses to work in a healthy working environment
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