The relationship among Psychological capital Psychological Contract and Work Engagement in Nurses
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-9391.2018.08.013
- VernacularTitle: 三甲医院护士心理资本及心理契约和工作投入水平的相关性分析
- Author:
Bingmei GUO
1
;
Aifang ZHU
Author Information
1. Department of gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Work Engagement;
Psychological Contract;
Psychological Capital;
Nurse
- From:
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
2018;36(8):614-617
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the situation of work engagement among nurses in tertiary level 1st general hospitals and evaluated potential associations between psychological contract, psychological capital, and work Engagement.
Methods:A cross-sectional descriptive study design was used. 320 nurses from three tertiary level 1st general hospitals in Jinan was included. Data were gathered with Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9) , Psychological Capital Questionnaire, and Psychological Contract Questionnaire. Possible predictors of work engagement were analyzed using ANOVA and multivariate linear regression models with SPSS 20.0.
Results:A total of 320 questionnaires were enrolled and 282 questionnaires were returned, with a response rate of 88.1%. The total mean (SD) score was 3.79 (0.91) for work engagement, 3.66 (0.72) for psychological contract and 4.39 (0.63) for psychological capital. One-way analysis of variance and post-hoc analysis showed that there was significant difference in work engagement among nurses of different gender (P<0.05) , education level (P<0.05) , department (P<0.01) and professional title (P<0.05) . Pearson correlation analysis showed that psychological contract positively associated with work engagement (r=0.253, P<0.01) and psychological capital (r=0.198, P<0.01) , and psychological capital positively associated with work engagement (r=0.575, P<0.01) . Results of multiple hierarchical regression analysis showed that work department, gender, educational background, professional title, hope, optimism and team obligation predicted work engagement and they accounted for 42.8% of the variance in work engagement.
Conclusion:The work engagement of nurses is at a medium level. Work engagement of nurses is influenced by gender, professional title, educational level and department; Both psychological contract and psychological capital of nurses positively correlated with work engagement.
