Mediating Effect of Organizational Communication between Organizational Justice and Work Engagement of Clinical Nurses
10.22650/JKCNR.2025.31.1.69
- Author:
Youn Shin LEE
1
;
Heeyoung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Naju Dongshin University Oriental Medicine Hospital
- From:
Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
2025;31(1):69-79
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Purpose:This study aimed to identify the mediating effect of organizational communication on the relationship between organizational justice and the work engagement of clinical nurses.
Methods:This study included 186 nurses from 6 small and medium-sized hospitals. Data were collected from September 1 to October 31, 2023 using self-report questionnaires and were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows version 25.0. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation coefficient. Multiple regression analysis based on the three-step mediation effect verification procedures proposed by Baron and Kenny, and the mediating effect was confirmed using bootstrapping and verified using the SPSS PROCESS macro model 4.
Results:Organizational communication had perfect mediating effects on the relationship between organizational justice and work engagement (indirect effect=0.35).
Conclusion:Based on the results of this study, to improve the work engagement of clinical nurses, institutional efforts to improve the justice of nursing organizations and effective strategies are needed to develop and apply programs to enhance organizational communication competency.
