Empowerment and its effects on clinical nurses in central China

Abstract

The results supported the Job Characteristics Model in a nursing sample and empowerment mediated the impact of job characteristics on internal work motivation and general job satisfaction partially and on growth satisfaction completely.

Workplace empowerment and nurses' job satisfaction: a systematic literature review

“…Three were conducted in China (Cai & Zhou , Cai et al . , Ning et al . ), one in Italy (Lautizi et al .…”

Hospital nurses' individual priorities, internal psychological states and work motivation

“…Therefore, nurse managers should focus their attention not primarily on an individual nurse, but rather to the work climate, good working relationships, teamwork, learning opportunities, skill use and decision authority and autonomy, which have all been reported to increase nurses' work motivation (Cai et al. ; Gaki et al. ; Toode et al.…”

“…Addressing these factors has frequently been found to increase nurses' work motivation (Cai et al. ; Toode et al. ).…”

Fatores influenciadores dos comportamentos de mobilização dos recursos humanos num hospital universitário

“…Com efeito, segundo alguns autores (e.g., Armstrong & Laschinger, 2006;Cai, Zhou, Yeh, & Hu, 2011;Chaboyer, Johnson, Hardy, Gerke, & Panuwatwanich, 2010;Paré & Tremblay, 2007;Sommer et al, 2010;Stewart, Mc Nulty, Griffin, & Fitzpatrick, 2010;Wagner et al, 2010), os enfermeiros que percecionam ter poder de agir (empowerment) no seu ambiente de trabalho, experienciam uma maior satisfação no trabalho, um menor nível de stresse, são mais comprometidos com a organização e seus objetivos e desempenham com mais qualidade os cuidados de saúde.…”