Correlation between psychological contract, psychological capital and work engagament in ICU nurses
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2019.03.014
- VernacularTitle:ICU护士心理契约、心理资本和工作投入程度关系研究
- Author:
Xiaoyan MIN
1
;
Jianfen HUANG
;
Fan HUANG
;
Weiwei CAI
;
Fenfang SHA
Author Information
1. 温州医科大学附属第二医院ICU, 温州 325000
- Keywords:
Nurses;
ICU;
Psychological contract;
Psychological capital;
Work engagement
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2019;25(3):319-322
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective? To explore the status quo of psychological contract, psychological capital and work engagement in ICU nurses and to analyze the correlation between the three. Methods? Totally 218 ICU nurses from 3 ClassⅢ Grade A hospitals in Wenzhou were selected using convenient sampling between July and November 2017 and investigated with the general information questionnaire, Nurses Psychological Contract Scale, Psychological Capital Questionnaire-Revision (PCQ-R) in Chinese and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9). Totally 218 questionnaires were distributed, and 213 valid questionnaires were collected. Results? The scores of the 213 ICU nurses totaled (75.03±13.16) for psychological contract, (90.74±9.57) for psychological capital, and (34.43±5.27) for UWES-9; There was a positive correlation between ICU nurses' psychological contract and UWES-9, between psychological capital and UWES-9, and between psychological contract and psychological capital (P＜0.01); there was statistical different in the total UWES-9 scores between ICU nurses with different sex, professional title and education background (P＜0.05); and psychological capital plays a mediating role between psychological contract and work engagement, whose mediating effect accounted for 54.22% of the total effect. Conclusions? ICU nurses' work engagement is affected by their psychological contract and psychological capital, and psychological capital plays a mediating role between psychological contract and work engagement.
