Spiritual Intelligence as a Predictor of Work Engagement and Quality of Work Life among Nurses

Abstract

Background: Any organization's success is largely determined by how it recruits, motivates, and maintains its staff. As a result, organizations must implement a strategy that improves employees' quality of work life in order to meet both organizational and employee needs. When dealing with changes at work and boosting performance, employee engagement and spiritual intelligence are crucial aspects to consider. Aim: to assess the relationship between spiritual intelligence, work engagement and the quality of work life among nurses at Zagazig University Hospitals. Study design: The researchers utilized a descriptive correlational study design. The study took place at Zagazig University Hospitals (Academic Hospitals), Egypt. Study subjects: A stratified random sample was used and 384 nurses were chosen from the above mentioned setting. Tools of data collection: The data was gathered utilizing a four-part questionnaire sheet for staff nurses: Personal characteristics, spiritual intelligence self-assessment questionnaire, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES), and quality of work life survey. Results: revealed that 74.5% of staff nurses have moderate quality of work life, while 95.3% and 82.6% of them had high spiritual intelligence and work engagement respectively with all domains. Conclusion: Spiritual intelligence was a good predictor of nurses' work engagement and quality of work life, with a statistically significant difference between all spiritual intelligence dimensions, work engagement, and quality of work life. Recommendation: It is suggested that a fair reward system be developed that includes both financial and non-financial rewards, as well as reducing feelings of nervousness, strain, frustration, and stress at work in order to improve the perceived quality of work life and enhance nurses' spiritual intelligence by encouraging them to participate in problem solving and decision-making, as well as providing adequate help and support.