Work engagement, social support, and job satisfaction in Portuguese nursing staff: A winning combination

Orgambídez-Ramos, Alejandro; Almeida, Helena

doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2017.05.012

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“…Our finding is also in parallel with the results of prior studies which were conducted among Spanish and Portuguese nurses, respectively (García‐Sierra et al. ; Orgambídez‐Ramos & de Almeida ). However, supports from family and friends were a not significant predictor for work engagement in our study, which may be ascribed to the fact that friends or family members usually lack similar work experiences, which may result in difficulty in work‐related emotional sharing and disclosure and in providing constructive recommendations.…”

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Relationships among social support, empathy, resilience and work engagement in haemodialysis nurses

Cao

Chen

2019

International Nursing Review

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Aim To describe the levels of work engagement, and to analyse the reciprocal relationships between social support, empathy, resilience and work engagement among haemodialysis nurses in China. Background Work engagement is a critical workplace health indicator. Previous studies have examined work engagement perceived by nurses working in diverse hospital wards, or a specialty area (emergency care or intensive care), no previous studies have highlighted work engagement and its affecting factors among haemodialysis nurses. Methods Participants in the cross‐sectional study were 345 haemodialysis nurses employed in 17 hospitals in Chengdu, China. Hierarchical regression analyses were carried out to analyse the relationships between social support, empathy, resilience and work engagement in haemodialysis nurses. Results Resilience was the strongest positive significant contributor to work engagement, followed by other support and perspective taking (cognitive empathy). Nurses with longer occupational tenure reported higher levels of work engagement. Male nurses also reported greater work engagement than female nurses. Discussion Influence of work engagement was explored by social support, empathy and resilience, reflecting the need of haemodialysis nurses to understand the significance of focusing on their personal and environmental factors. Conclusions Positive resilience, other support and cognitive empathy can result in increased work engagement. Implications for nursing Training programs, such as mindfulness meditation training and empathy skills training, are recommended for nursing managers to enhance resilience and empathic capacity in nurses. Implications for nursing policy Nursing policies should be developed to establish supportive work environments in clinical practice settings and to support the education and training of psychological resilience and empathic capacity in order to foster work engagement.

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“…). Workplace social support (supervisor and co‐worker support) had significant positive effects on work engagement experienced by hospital nurses in Portugal and oncological healthcare professionals in Australia, respectively (Orgambídez‐Ramos & de Almeida ; Poulsen et al. ).…”

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Relationships among social support, empathy, resilience and work engagement in haemodialysis nurses

Cao

Chen

2019

International Nursing Review

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“…Although contextual and dispositional factors intervene in this relationship [31].. It is also associated with greater job satisfaction and less desire to change in nursing personnel [32][33][34]. So engagement can affect the work performance of nursing workers and the results of patients and the organization [27].…”

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The mediating role of cognitive and affective empathy in the relationship of mindfulness with engagement in nursing

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Background: The work of health professionals is characterized by a high demand for psychological and emotional resources and high levels of stress. Therefore, the promotion of commitment and job well-being through strategies such as increased mindfulness, is important among nursing workers. Although mindfulness has shown positive effects in the health field, few studies have explored the mechanisms and processes underlying these results. We investigated the mediating role of empathy (cognitive/affective) in the effect of mindfulness on the dimensions of engagement in nursing professionals. Methods: Sample was comprised of 1268 Spanish nurses between 22 and 62 years old, that completed the Utrecht Labor Engagement Scale and the adapted versions of Mindful Attention Awareness Scale and Basic Empathy Scale. The relationship between variables to be included in the regression analyses, bivariate correlations were carried out, and the descriptive statistics of these variables were also found. To estimate the mediation model was used, in this case for multiple mediation effects. Results: Mindfulness is found to affect the Vigor and Dedication factors of engagement through cognitive empathy. While for the Absorption factor, the affective component of empathy also exerts a mediating role, although weaker than cognitive empathy. Cognitive empathy, as an individual factor, was shown to have a mediating effect between mindfulness and the factors of engagement in healthcare workers.

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“…Silvia De Simone et al found that patient satisfaction had a negative effect on nurses' turnover intention through the mediating effect of work engagement in southern Italy [35]. A cross-sectional and correlational study in a Portuguese hospital revealed the mediating effect of job engagement between social support, job satisfaction and turnover intention [37].…”

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The influence of job satisfaction, resilience and work engagement on turnover intention among village doctors in China: a cross-sectional study

Zhang

Bian

Bai

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BMC Health Serv Res

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Background: As the gatekeepers of rural residents' health, teams of village doctors play a vital role in improving rural residents' health. However, the high turnover of village doctors, both individually and collectively, threaten the stability of village medical teams. This research evaluated the influence of job satisfaction, resilience, and work engagement on the village doctors' turnover intention, and explored the mediating role of work engagement and resilience between job satisfaction and the turnover intention of village doctors in China. Methods: A quantitative study using a self-administered questionnaire containing mostly structured items was conducted among village doctors with a sample size of 2693 from 1345 rural clinics in Shandong province, China, during May and June 2019. All variables including demographic characteristics, job satisfaction, resilience, work engagement and turnover intention were based on available literature, and measured on a 5-or 6-point Likert scale. Such statistical methods as one-way ANOVA, bivariate correlation, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) were used.Results: Up to 46.9% of the subjects had a higher turnover intention and more than 26.3% of them had a medium turnover intention. The job satisfaction of village doctors could not only have a direct negative effect on turnover intention (β = − 0.37, p < 0.001), but also have an indirect effect through work engagement (β = − 0.04,=< 0.001). Meanwhile, work engagement also had a direct negative impact on turnover intention (β = − 0.13, p < 0.001), and resilience had an indirect negative impact on turnover intention through work engagement (β = − 0.09, p < 0.001).The above results of this study strongly confirmed that job satisfaction, resilience, and work engagement were early, powerful predicators of village doctors' turnover intention.(Continued on next page) Conclusion: According to the results, the following should be taken seriously to improve job satisfaction: reasonable and fair income, effective promotion mechanism, fair social old-age security, reasonable workload, and strong psychological coping mechanisms for work stress. The turnover intention of village doctors could be reduced through improving job satisfaction, resilience and work engagement.

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Work engagement, social support, and job satisfaction in Portuguese nursing staff: A winning combination

Cited by 130 publications

References 24 publications

Relationships among social support, empathy, resilience and work engagement in haemodialysis nurses

Relationships among social support, empathy, resilience and work engagement in haemodialysis nurses

The mediating role of cognitive and affective empathy in the relationship of mindfulness with engagement in nursing

The influence of job satisfaction, resilience and work engagement on turnover intention among village doctors in China: a cross-sectional study

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