Relational job characteristics and nurses’ affective organizational commitment: the mediating role of work engagement

Abstract

Relational job characteristics contribute to nurses' work engagement, which in turn contributes to affective organizational commitment.

Humble leadership and innovative behaviour among Chinese nurses: The mediating role of work engagement

“…This is consistent with previous studies that found work engagement is positively associated with nurses' innovative behaviour (Wang et al, ). Finally, consistent with past research examining the mediating role of work engagement (Santos et al, ; Wan, Li, et al, ), our results suggest that humble leaders cultivate nurses to invest more personal resources to work, which facilitate nurses' motivation to generate and implement new ideas and solutions. In sum, a mediating role of work engagement was identified in the relationship between humble leadership and innovative behaviour, thus providing support H2.…”

“…Engagement in work implies that individuals put great personal investment of physical, emotional and cognitive energy into their work (Saito, Igarashi, Noguchi‐Watanabe, Takai, & Yamamoto‐Mitani, ; Santos, Chambel, & Castanheira, ). Notably, in order to generate and implement something new in the organisations, individuals must have invested tremendous and valuable personal resources and efforts, which also means they have to be engaged in work (Wang et al, ).…”

“…In addition, humble leaders tend to recognize individual employees' contributions, which could promote their sense of value and subsequently lead to higher levels of work engagement. What's more, it's well established that work engagement is an important mediating variable (Santos et al, ; Wan, Li, Zhou, & Shang, ). We thus expect that work engagement would play a mediating role in the association between humble leadership and nurses' innovative behaviour.…”

The importance of contextual, relational and cognitive factors for novice nurses’ emotional state and affective commitment to the profession. A multilevel study

“…In contrast with our findings, the results of previous studies indicated that experiences with patients were not only related to emotions, but also to nurses’ commitment or intention to leave the profession. The nurses in the study by Santos, Chambel, and Castanheira () who perceived that they had a significant impact on their patients’ lives and wellbeing, felt more committed to their profession. On the other hand, emotional distress and feelings of hopelessness seemed to reduce affective commitment and increase intentions to leave clinical practice (MacKusick & Minick, ).…”

Organizational commitment, psychometric qualities and invariance of the Meyer and Allen Questionnaire for Portuguese Nurses

“…It is also determinant for commitment with the patient and for the development of positive behaviors, minimizing negative aspects such as conflicts and professional exhaustion and having an impact on the quality of nursing care and on patient satisfaction 6 , 9 , 12 , 18 - 19 .…”