The Relationship between Nursing Job Crafting and Nurses' Work Engagement

Abstract: Aim: this study aimed to identify the relationship between nursing job crafting and nurses' work engagement at Hosh Issa Central Hospital. Background: Job crafting is a more advanced notion in job redesign, and few research have looked into it among nurses. Method: Descriptive, correlational research design was used to conduct the study. This study was conducted in all intensive and inpatient care units at Hosh Issa Central Hospital, El-Beheira Governorate (n= 11). Subjects: Two groups were included in this study: All Head nurses and their assistants, (n=22). All staff nurses, (n = 246). Tools: Two tools were used to conduct this study: Tool (I): Job Crafting Scale (JCS) It consists of 21 items and Tool (II): Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-17) it consists of 17 items. Results: The data of 268 nurses was analyzed. Regarding gender, the majority of head nurses and staff nurses (90.9%, 91.5%), respectively were females; compared to (9.1%, 8.5%), respectively of them, who were males. Study subjects perceived moderate mean percent score of total job crafting (71.12%) and perceived high mean percent score of total work engagement (75.16%). There is highly statistically significant relation between nurses' job crafting and their levels of work engagement where P= (0.000), Conclusions: There was intermediate positive highly statistically significant relationship between total study subjects' perceptions of job crafting and total work engagement, where (r= 0.449, P= 0.000). Implications for nursing management: Staff nurses would be more engaged at work if they were encouraged to use job crafting behaviors. This may include, but is not limited to, assisting nurses in negotiating a higher value for their labour, restructuring work patterns to align with organizational goals, and implementing an innovative management style.

Keywords: Nursing job crafting, nurses' work engagement. 

Title: The Relationship between Nursing Job Crafting and Nurses' Work Engagement

Author: Reem Mabrouk Abd El Rahman, Abbas Shaban Abbas Farag, Mohamed Saad Saleh Ali

International Journal of Novel Research in Healthcare and Nursing

ISSN 2394-7330

Vol. 10, Issue 3, September 2023 - December 2023

Page No: 387-399

Novelty Journals

Website: www.noveltyjournals.com

Published Date: 10-December-2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10334974

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