Predictive roles of organizational and personal factors in work engagement among nurses

Falguera, Charlie C.; Labrague, Leodoro J.; De Los Santos, Janet Alexis A.; Firmo, Carmen N.; Tsaras, Konstantinos

Predictive roles of organizational and personal factors in work engagement among nurses

Frontiers of Nursing

Volume 9 (2022): Issue 4 (December 2022)

By:

Charlie C. Falguera, Leodoro J. Labrague, Janet Alexis A. De Los Santos, Carmen N. Firmo and Konstantinos Tsaras

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|Dec 2022

Figures & Tables

Multiple linear regression analysis for the predictors of work engagement

Dependent variables	Independent variables	B	SE	95% CI	P-value
Vigor^a	Constant (α)	3.465	0.251	2.972–3.959	<0.001
	Position (staff nurse = reference)
	Manager nurse	0.400	0.134	0.136–0.663	0.003
	Type of work contract (permanent = reference)
	Casual/part time	−0.282	0.109	−0.497 to −0.068	0.010
	Type of hospital (Private = reference)
	Public	0.233	0.099	0.038–0.428	0.019
	Hospital capacity (100 = reference)
	101–250	−0.289	0.100	−0.486 to −0.092	0.004
	>250	−0.380	0.124	−0.624 to −0.136	0.002
Dedication^b	Constant (α)	4.152	0.260	3.640–4.663	<0.001
	Position (staff nurse = reference)
	Manager nurse	0.431	0.152	0.133–0.729	0.005
	Type of contract (permanent = reference)
	Casual/part time	−0.228	0.115	−0.455 to −0.002	0.048
	Hospital capacity (100 = reference)
	101–250	−0.385	0.111	−0.604 to −0.166	0.001
	>250	−0.194	0.140	−0.469 to 0.081	0.166
Absorption^c	Constant (α)	3.274	0.167	2.946–3.601	<0.001
	Position (staff nurse = reference)
	Manager nurse	0.577	0.134	0.315–0.840	<0.001
	Hospital capacity (100 = reference)
	101–250	−0.265	0.100	−0.461 to −0.068	0.008
	>0250	−0.351	0.126	−0.599 to −0.104	0.005
Overall work engagement^d	Constant (α)	3.474	0.162	3.155–3.793	<0.001
	Position (staff nurse = reference)
	Manager nurse	0.503	0.130	0.248–0.759	<0.001
	Hospital capacity (100 = reference)
	101–250	−0.315	0.097	−0.507 to −0.124	0.001
	>250	−0.334	0.122	−0.575 to −0.094	0.007

Correlations between nurse characteristics and work engagement (M ± SD)_

Characteristics	Vigor	Dedication	Absorption	Overall job engagement
Gender
Male	3.78 ± 1.11	4.12 ± 1.27	3.78 ± 1.16	3.88 ± 1.12
Female	3.68 ± 1.06	4.18 ± 1.18	3.75 ± 1.06	3.85 ± 1.03
t	0.855	0.457	0.269	0.235
P value	0.393	0.648	0.788	0.814
Age (years)
r	0.171	0.112	0.133	0.147
P value	<0.001***	0.008**	0.002**	0.001**
Years in nursing
r	0.165	0.107	0.149	0.149
P value	<0.001***	0.012*	<0.001***	<0.001***
Years on present unit
r	0.113	0.069	0.090	0.096
P value	0.008**	0.105	0.035*	0.024*
Marital Status
Unmarried	3.80 ± 1.14	4.21 ± 1.29	3.83 ± 1.15	3.94 ± 1.13
Married	3.66 ± 1.03	4.14 ± 1.15	3.73 ± 1.05	3.82 ± 1.01
t	1.477	0.676	1.093	1.154
P value	0.140	0.500	0.275	0.249
Work location
Urban	3.68 ± 1.05	4.15 ± 1.19	3.73 ± 1.07	3.84 ± 1.04
Rural	3.78 ± 1.13	4.20 ± 1.22	3.87 ± 1.14	3.93 ± 1.10
t	0.915	0.346	1.204	0.879
P value	0.361	0.730	0.229	0.380
Highest education attained
BSN	3.68 ± 1.05	4.14 ± 1.18	3.72 ± 1.07	3.83 ± 1.04
MA/MS/PhD	3.97 ± 1.19	4.42 ± 1.31	4.18 ± 1.15	4.18 ± 1.16
t	1.836	1.555	2.871	2.210
P value	0.067	0.120	0.004**	0.027*
Position
Staff nurse	3.64 ± 1.07	4.10 ± 1.22	3.68 ± 1.08	3.79 ± 1.06
Manager nurse	4.10 ± 0.99	4.59 ± 0.96	4.27 ± 0.95	4.30 ± 0.90
t	3.415	3.860	4.372	4.380
P value	0.001**	<0.001***	<0.001***	<0.001***
Type of contract
Permanent	3.77 ± 1.05	4.24 ± 1.20	3.81 ± 1.05	3.92 ± 1.04
Casual/part-time	3.52 ± 1.09	3.97 ± 1.17	3.62 ± 1.16	3.69 ± 1.07
t	2.437	2.349	1.786	2.339
P value	0.015*	0.019*	0.075	0.020*
Last shift length (h)
<10	3.74 ± 0.99	4.23 ± 1.13	3.80 ± 1.03	3.91 ± 0.97
≥10	3.66 ± 1.15	4.08 ± 1.27	3.71 ± 1.14	3.81 ± 1.14
t	0.842	1.443	0.904	1.113
P value	0.400	0.149	0.366	0.266
Type of hospital
Private	3.64 ± 1.06	4.14 ± 1.22	3.73 ± 1.09	3.82 ± 1.06
Public	3.80 ± 1.08	4.19 ± 1.16	3.81 ± 1.07	3.92 ± 1.04
t	1.704	0.458	0.831	1.067
P value	0.089	0.647	0.406	0.286
Hospital capacity
≤100	3.91 ± 1.14	4.35 ± 1.30	3.93 ± 1.18	4.05 ± 1.15
101–250	3.59 ± 1.01	3.98 ± 1.11	3.67 ± 0.98	3.74 ± 0.97
>250	3.47 ± 0.94	4.11 ± 1.06	3.55 ± 1.00	3.69 ± 0.92
F	8.112	5.363	5.595	6.655
P value	<0.001***	0.005**	0.004**	0.001**
Unit of assignment
Surgical ward	3.60 ± 1.22	3.86 ± 1.32	3.57 ± 1.11	3.66 ± 1.17
Medical ward	3.64 ± 1.08	4.07 ± 1.20	3.73 ± 1.11	3.80 ± 1.06
Gynecology/obstetric ward	3.83 ± 1.02	4.31 ± 1.06	3.87 ± 1.06	3.99 ± 0.98
Emergency unit	3.84 ± 0.89	4.33 ± 1.05	3.86 ± 0.93	3.99 ± 0.89
Intensive/critical care unit	3.84 ± 1.03	4.58 ± 1.10	3.91 ± 1.11	4.09 ± 1.01
Dialysis	4.10 ± 0.86	4.63 ± 0.78	4.35 ± 0.95	4.34 ± 0.79
Outpatient	4.26 ± 0.73	4.68 ± 1.08	4.42 ± 0.84	4.44 ± 0.83
Operating room	3.79 ± 0.72	4.05 ± 0.96	3.97 ± 0.81	3.93 ± 0.75
Pediatrics unit	3.39 ± 1.12	3.93 ± 1.31	3.43 ± 1.08	3.57 ± 1.11
F	1.822	3.055	2.506	2.507
P value	0.070	0.002**	0.011*	0.011*

Descriptive statistics of nurse work engagement_

Characteristics	n	Range	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	SD
Vigor	549	5.00	1.00	6.00	3.70	1.06
Dedication	549	5.00	1.00	6.00	4.16	1.19
Absorption	549	5.00	1.00	6.00	3.75	1.08
Total engagement	549	5.00	1.00	6.00	3.85	1.05
Valid n (listwise)	549

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0048 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8994 | Journal ISSN: 2097-5368

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Language: English

Page range: 379 - 387

Submitted on: Apr 3, 2022

Accepted on: Aug 31, 2022

Published on: Dec 31, 2022

Published by: Shanxi Medical Periodical Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 times per year

Keywords:

Filipino nurses,

nurse personal factors,

organizational factors,

work engagement,

work engagement predictors

Related subjects:

Medicine,

Assistive professions, nursing

© 2022 Charlie C. Falguera, Leodoro J. Labrague, Janet Alexis A. De Los Santos, Carmen N. Firmo, Konstantinos Tsaras, published by Shanxi Medical Periodical Press
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