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<sec><h3>Objective</h3>
<p>This study aimed to determine the effects of job characteristics and work engagement on the nursing performance of nurses working in general hospitals.</p>
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<sec><h3>Methods</h3>
<p>Data were collected from 169 nurses who are working in a general hospital in South Korea by using a cross-sectional descriptive survey design.</p>
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<sec><h3>Results</h3>
<p>Nurses’ job characteristics and work engagement showed positive effects on nursing performance. This effect was magnified when work engagement was used as a mediating variable.</p>
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<sec><h3>Conclusions</h3>
<p>The findings elucidate the factors influencing job performance and provide managers with important information for developing programs to improve the job skills and work engagement of nurses.</p>
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Objective
This study aimed to determine the effects of job characteristics and work engagement on the nursing performance of nurses working in general hospitals.

Methods
Data were collected from 169 nurses who are working in a general hospital in South Korea by using a cross-sectional descriptive survey design.

Results
Nurses’ job characteristics and work engagement showed positive effects on nursing performance. This effect was magnified when work engagement was used as a mediating variable.

Conclusions
The findings elucidate the factors influencing job performance and provide managers with important information for developing programs to improve the job skills and work engagement of nurses.

Mediating effect of work engagement between job characteristics and nursing performance among general hospital nurses

Frontiers of Nursing

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Objective
This study aimed to determine the effects of job characteristics and work engagement on the nursing performance of nurses working in general...

Mediating effect of work engagement between job characteristics and nursing performance among general hospital nurses

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Sep 21, 2021

Page range: 241 - 248

Received: Dec 12, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0025

Keywords
general hospitals, job characteristics, nurse, work engagement, work performance

© 2021 Eun-Kyung Lee et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Mediating effect of work engagement between job characteristics and nursing performance among general hospital nurses

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Sep 21, 2021

Page range: 241 - 248

Received: Dec 12, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0025

Keywordsgeneral hospitals, job characteristics, nurse, work engagement, work performance

© 2021 Eun-Kyung Lee et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
general hospitals, job characteristics, nurse, work engagement, work performance