Relationship among hardiness, perceived organizational support and work engagement of clinical nurses

Abstract

Objective To know about the current status of the work engagement of the clinical nurses,and discuss the relatioaships among hardiness,perceived organizational support and work engagement so as to provide basis for improving the level of the work engagement of the clinical nurses.Methods The work engagement scale,hardiness scale and perceived organizational support scale were used to investigate a total of 630 clinical nurses.Results The general score of work engagement,hardiness and perceived organizational support were showed respectively as following:(52.54±8.08),(70.09±14.44) and(82.41±24.98).Every two items of hardiness,perceived organizational support and work engagement were in significant positive correlation.Regression analysis showed after the variable of demographic was controlled,the hardiness and perceived organizational support respectively had significant positive predictive function on work engagement as respective independent variables.Conclusions Hospital managers should create a good working environment for clinical nurses,measures should be taken from individual and organizational aspects so as to improve the hardiness and perceived organizational support and the work positivity of the clinical nurses,in order to make the nurses more positively devoted to their work.It had important practical significance to improve the quality of their services and stabilize nursing group. Key words: Hardiness; Perceived organizational support; Work engagement; Clinical nurses