The Effect of Nurses’ Work–Life Balance on Work Engagement: The Adjustment Effect of Affective Commitment

Abstract

Background This study aimed to examine the effects of nurses' work-life balance (WLB), job demands and resources, and organizational attachment on their work engagement (WE). The second aim was to shed light on whether the relationships among WLB, job demands, resources, and WE are modulated by organizational attachment. Methods In total, 425 nurses working in a university hospital responded to the questionnaire. The primary statistical analysis method was hierarchical multiple regression with WE as the dependent variable. Results In the model in which all variables were applied, affective commitment (AC) (β = 0.41), familyto-work positive spillover (β = 0.25), and number of children (β = 0.13) were found to have a significant association with WE. Family-to-work negative spillover (FWNS) and AC had significant interaction effects. The result suggests that when AC was low, WE tended to decline further due to FWNS; however, when AC was high, WE did not change due to the effect of FWNS. Conclusion These results confirmed that to improve nurses' WE, hospital organizations should implement initiatives to facilitate WLB that considers nurses' household roles. Furthermore, high organizational attachment buffered the home's negative influence on work, thereby helping nurses work energetically.

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“…Although various past studies have found a relationship between having children and the number of children and work engagement, it is important to re-examine this relationship in the post pandemic world [33][34][35]. Furthermore, social role theory suggests that stereotyped beliefs about gender roles are originated from seeing people in various roles [45].…”

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