Mediating effect of work engagement between job characteristics and nursing performance among general hospital nurses
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Article Category: Original article
Pubblicato online: 21 set 2021
Pagine: 241 - 248
Ricevuto: 12 dic 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0025
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© 2021 Eun-Kyung Lee et al., published by Sciendo
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Mediating effect of work engagement in the relationship between job characteristics and nursing performance.
| Endogenous variables | Exogenous variables | Effects | Total ( |
SMC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct ( |
Indirect ( |
||||
| Work engagement | Job characteristics | 0.461 (0.009) | – | 0.461 (0.009) | 0.213 |
| Nursing performance | Work engagement | 0.261 (0.035) | – | 0.261 (0.035) | 0.428 |
| Job characteristics | 0.492 (0.015) | 0.121 (0.033) | 0.612 (0.026) | ||
Parameter estimates according to the testing steps of the structural models.
| Steps | Endogenous variables | Exogenous variables | χ2 ( |
DF | NC | SRMR | TLI | CFI | RMSEA (low-high) | β | C.R. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nursing performance | Job characteristics | 38.43 (0.005) | 19 | 2.02 | 0.05 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.08 (0.04–0.11) | 0.62 | 4.57 | 0.025 |
| 2 | Work engagement | Job characteristics | 86.18 (<0.001) | 42 | 2.05 | 0.10 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.08 (0.06–0.10) | 0.48 | 3.86 | 0.012 |
| Nursing performance | Work engagement | 0.50 | 5.97 | 0.011 | ||||||||
| 3 | Work engagement | Job characteristics | 62.73 (0.016) | 41 | 1.53 | 0.05 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.06 (0.03–0.08) | 0.46 | 3.84 | 0.009 |
| Nursing performance | Work engagement | 0.26 | 2.88 | 0.039 | ||||||||
| Job characteristics | 0.49 | 3.85 | 0.012 |
General characteristics.
| Variables | n (%) | Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|
| 31.44 (8.33) | ||
| ≤29 | 93 (55.0) | |
| 30–39 | 47 (27.8) | |
| ≥40 | 29 (17.2) | |
| Male | 5 (3.0) | |
| Female | 164 (97.0) | |
| Yes | 70 (41.4) | |
| No | 99 (58.6) | |
| Associate degree | 43 (25.4) | |
| Bachelor's degree | 112 (66.3) | |
| Master's degree or more | 14 (8.3) | |
| Nurse | 133 (78.7) | |
| Charge nurse | 16 (9.5) | |
| Head nurse, unit manager | 20 (11.8) | |
| Internal ward | 57 (35.0) | |
| Surgical or neurology ward | 56 (34.3) | |
| Emergency ward | 8 (4.9) | |
| Intensive care unit | 21 (12.9) | |
| The others | 21 (12.9) | |
| <3,000 | 69 (41.1) | |
| ≥3,000 to <4,000 | 80 (47.6) | |
| ≥4,000 | 19 (11.3) | |
| 9.20 (8.24) | ||
| 7.98 (7.43) | ||
Descriptive statistics, Cronbach's α, and correlations for major study variables.
| Variables | 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Task identity | 1 | ||||||||||
| Task significance | 0.37 |
1 | |||||||||
| Autonomy | 0.30 |
0.46 |
1 | ||||||||
| Feedback | 0.13 | 0.35 |
0.33 |
1 | |||||||
| Work competency | 0.40 |
0.30 |
0.27 |
0.34 |
1 | ||||||
| Work attitude | 0.24 |
0.37 |
0.30 |
0.42 |
0.73 |
1 | |||||
| Willingness to improve work | 0.30 |
0.28 |
0.29 |
0.35 |
0.69 |
0.71 |
1 | ||||
| Application of nursing process | 0.27 |
0.32 |
0.21 |
0.33 |
0.71 |
0.68 |
0.70 |
1 | |||
| Vigor | 0.18 |
0.29 |
0.22 |
0.21 |
0.37 |
0.39 |
0.36 |
0.28 |
1 | ||
| Dedication | 0.23 |
0.29 |
0.25 |
0.16 |
0.37 |
0.36 |
0.30 |
0.34 |
0.73 |
1 | |
| Absorption | 0.22 |
0.25 |
0.30 |
0.19 |
0.43 |
0.42 |
0.36 |
0.31 |
0.70 |
0.81 |
1 |
| 0.62 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.56 | 0.92 | 0.85 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.80 | 0.88 | |
| 2.86 | 2.52 | 2.74 | 2.92 | 3.08 | 2.81 | 2.97 | 3.78 | 3.41 | 3.19 | 3.65 | |
| 0.29 | 0.36 | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.40 | 0.52 | 0.98 | 1.07 | 1.01 | |
| 0.08 | −0.08 | 0.08 | −0.02 | −0.05 | 0.03 | 0.15 | −0.16 | −0.14 | 0.07 | −0.26 | |
| 0.68 | 0.82 | 0.94 | −0.19 | −0.04 | 0.53 | 1.55 | 0.81 | −0.09 | −0.66 | 0.31 | |