Relationship between Structural Empowerment, Work Engagement, and Job Satisfaction among Nursing Staff at Zagazig University Hospitals

Abstract

Background: In any health care setting, the nursing staff plays an important role fororganizational achievement. Therefore, it is very important for the nurse managers torecognize nurses’ work and provide them with opportunities to grow and to look after theircomfort (1). Aim: identify the relationship between structural empowerment, workengagement, and job satisfaction among nursing staff at Zagazig University Hospitals.Design: Descriptive correlational, cross-sectional study. Setting: The study was conducted atall Zagazig University Hospitals Sample: Stratified random sample was used. 100 full timestaff nurses who have a minimum of 6 months’ nursing experience in the organization wereselected. Tools of data collection: A demographic sheet, the Conditions for workEffectiveness Questionnaire-II (CWEQ-II), the Utrech Work Engagement scale, and theabridged job in general scale (AJIG scale) were used. Results The sample of 100 staff nurseswas females with a mean age of (33.45), and an average of 15.18 years of experience. Themajority of them had diploma qualification. 41% of nurses had satisfactory scores in relationto structural empowerment, and 48% of them had satisfactory scores in relation to workengagement. While nearly half of them have satisfactory scores in relation to overall jobsatisfaction (53%). Statistical significant correlation between structural empowerment andwork engagement (r= .224*), and job satisfaction and both of structural empowerment(r=.348**) and work engagement (r=.297**) were detected. Also, work engagement haspartial mediation effect on empowerment/ overall nurse’ job satisfaction relationship.Conclusion: There were highly significant positive correlation between job satisfaction andboth of structural empowerment and work engagement among nurses working in ZagazigUniversity Hospitals. Moreover, work engagement has partial mediation effect onempowerment/overall nurse’ job satisfaction relationship. Recommendation: NurseManagers at Zagazig University Hospitals should develop and implement strategies to engagetheir staff in work