Abstract
BackgroundOrganizational dehumanization has detrimental consequences for nurses’ wellbeing and leads to a stressful work environment. Moreover, it is very destructive to work engagement.AimTo examine the mediating role of nurses’ work stress between organizational dehumanization and work engagement.MethodA cross-sectional research design was conducted with 245 staff nurses over a one-month period. The researchers used structured equation modeling.ResultsWork engagement and organizational dehumanization levels were both moderate. In addition, the degree of job stress among the nurses was moderate, too. The results of the structural equation modeling showed that the association between organizational dehumanization and job engagement is partially mediated by work stress.ConclusionsFor staff nurses to exhibit high levels of caring behaviors, this study emphasized the need to establish a work environment that employs tactics to improve workplace engagement and happiness. In addition to changing the organizational culture of nurses to eradicate organizational dehumanization and pressures related to the job.
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