Relational job characteristics and nurses' affective organizational commitment: the mediating role of work engagement
Aim To study work engagement as a mediator of the associations between relational job characteristics and nurses’ affective commitment to the hospital. Background Earlier research has shown that work engagement mediates the relationship between job resources and affective organizational commitment....
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Published in | Journal of advanced nursing Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 294 - 305 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.02.2016
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Summary: | Aim
To study work engagement as a mediator of the associations between relational job characteristics and nurses’ affective commitment to the hospital.
Background
Earlier research has shown that work engagement mediates the relationship between job resources and affective organizational commitment. However, relational job characteristics, which may be job resources, have not been studied or examined in relation to work engagement and affective organizational commitment in the nursing profession.
Design
This study uses a correlational survey design and an online survey for data collection.
Method
Data for this correlational study were collected by survey over months (2013) from a sample of 335 hospital nurses. Measures included Portuguese translations of the Relational Job Characteristics’ Psychological Effects Scale, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale and the Affective Organizational Commitment Scale.
Results
Data analysis supports a full mediation model where relational job characteristics explained affective commitment to the hospital through nurses’ work engagement.
Conclusions
Relational job characteristics contribute to nurses’ work engagement, which in turn contributes to affective organizational commitment. |
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Bibliography: | ArticleID:JAN12834 FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - No. UID/ECO/00124/2013 istex:A707D25BE47567A5FE8D0D6CE52C693D866E4D55 ark:/67375/WNG-J4ZNCWFG-M ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-2 ObjectType-Feature-1 |
ISSN: | 0309-2402 1365-2648 |
DOI: | 10.1111/jan.12834 |