Work engagement, emotional disorders and conflict management styles in paediatric nurse: A mediating effect model

Abstract

Aim The mediating role of emotional disorders between conflict management styles and work engagement was explored based on constructing structural equation models in paediatric nurses. Design A cross‐sectional study. Methods According to a cross‐sectional survey, 300 paediatric nurses were selected from three tertiary hospitals (Chang sha, China), the data were collected using demographic questionnaires, the Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory‐II, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. The Structural Equation Model was employed to investigate the mediating role of emotional disorders between conflict management styles and work engagement. Results Among conflict management styles, emotional disorders and work engagement, the associations were all significant (p < .05). In the mediation models, emotional disorders partially mediate the relationships between conflict management styles and work engagement (indirect effect 0.095, p < .01; direct effect −0.330, p < .01; total effect −0.330, p < .01) and between conflict management styles and work engagement (indirect effect 0.095, p < .01; direct effect 0.329, p < .01; total effect 0.424, p < .01).

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“…Better understanding and managing nurses' work engagement could alleviate the negative impact of depression on their life satisfaction. This claim is supported by recent research highlighting the importance of work engagement in healthcare quality and the relationship between conflict management styles and nurses' work engagement ( 62 ).…”

Updating Factors Influencing Nurse Work Engagement in the Hospital Settings: A Systematic Review

“…Additionally, emotional disorders are identified as partial mediators between conflict management styles and work engagement. 47 Lastly, the negative correlation observed between “psychological violence and work engagement” is revealed to be mediated by organizational climate. 74 Type of hospital 23 , 33 and type of unit 29 are also positive predicting factors of work engagement.…”

“…Nurses are more likely to adopt integrating management styles—a win-win way of dealing with conflict. Zhang, Bu, Liu 47 Role conflict Positively correlated with work engagement. Giménez-Espert, Prado-Gascó, Soto-Rubio 48 Autonomy Positively related to work engagement.…”

“…These characteristics include a wide range of significant factors positively related to work engagement identified from 10 studies. The factors include emotional labor (the effort invested in managing emotions at work), 46 conflict management styles, 47 role conflict, 48 autonomy, 45 affective commitment to one’s job, 35 work ethics, 33 work values, 49 work meaningfulness, 50 job crafting, 51 learning goals, 51 and the ability to cope with organizational change. 24 Among these factors, only two have mediated roles which job crafting mediated the correlation between “learning goal orientation” and work engagement, 51 and work meaningfulness mediated and moderated the correlation between “ethical leadership” and work engagement.…”

“…It also plays “a partial mediating role in the connections between conflict management styles and work engagement”. Zhang, Bu, Liu 47 Psychological violence Psychological violence negatively influences work engagement, mediated by organizational climate. Hu, Gong, Ma, Wu 74 …”