Antecedents and consequences of work engagement among nurses.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Sohrabizadeh, Sanaz Sayfouri, Nasrin
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Background:Engaged nurses have high levels of energy and are enthusiastic about their work which impacts quality of health care services. However, in the context of Iran, due to observed burnout, work engagement among nurses necessitates immediate exploration.Objectives:This investigation aimed to identify a suitable work engagement model in nursing profession in hospitals according to the hypothesized model and to determine antecedents and consequences related to work engagement among nurses.Patients and Methods:In this cross-sectional study, a questionnaire was given to 279 randomly-selected nurses working in two general teaching hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (Shiraz, Iran) to measure antecedents and consequences of work engagement using the Saks’s (2005) model. Structural Equation Modeling was used to examine the model fitness.Results:Two paths were added using LISREL software. The resulting model showed good fitness indices (χ2 = 23.62, AGFI = 0.93, CFI = 0.97, RMSEA = 0.07) and all the coefficients of the paths were significant (t ≥ 2, t ≤ -2). A significant correlation was found between work engagement and model variables.Conclusions:Paying adequate attention to the antecedents of work engagement can enhance the quality of performance among nurses. Additionally, rewards, organizational and supervisory supports, and job characteristics should be taken into consideration to establish work engagement among nurses. Further researches are required to identify other probable antecedents and consequences of nursing work engagement, which might be related to specific cultural settings.
ISSN	20741804
Journal	Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Volume Number	16
PubMed Central reference number	PMC4329961
Issue Number	11
PubMed reference number	25763212
e-ISSN	20741812
DOI	10.5812/ircmj.16351
Language	English
Publisher	Kowsar
Publisher Date	2014-11-09
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright © 2014, Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal.
Subject Keyword	Work Engagement Nurses Antecedents Consequences Hospitals
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine