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Abstract
Summary
Nursing could be considered a stressful profession, the heavy workload
and pressure which nursing professionals are subjected leads to an increase in
stress-related problems, such as burnout. One of the modern approaches that
could have the potential to increase nurses work engagement and decrease
nurses stress is the stimulation of nurses’ job crafting. (160) Moreover, job
crafting and proactive personality are fundamental in palliating negative effects
in the work environment. (227) Additionally, job Crafting has been shown to be a
variable promoting positive changes in the work environment. Furthermore, job
crafting is an example of constructive behavior in which nurses aggregate
resources to meet their needs and succeed at work since nurses may change job
boundaries and social relationships at their convenience to feel closer to what
they consider the perfect workplace. (177)
Aim of the study:
This study aims to examine the relationship between nursing job crafting
and nurses’ work engagement at Hosh Issa Central Hospital.
Research question:
What is the relationship between nursing job crafting and nurses’ work
engagement at Hosh Issa Central Hospital?
Materials and Methods
Study design
A descriptive, correlational research design was used to conduct the
study.
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Setting:
This study was conducted in all intensive and inpatient care units at Hosh
Issa Central Hospital, El-Beheira Governorate with bed capacity 190 beds
affiliated to Ministry of Health and Population (n= 11). It was divided as
follows: (1) Intensive Care Units (ICU) (n = 3), namely: General ICU, Neonatal
ICU and Emergency Unit; (2). Medical units and their specialties (n = 4),
namely: General Medical Unit, Obstetric Unit, Pediatric Unit; Hemodialysis
Unit; and finally, (3). Surgical units and their specialties (n = 4), namely:
General Surgical Unit, Burn Unit; Operation Unit and Orthopedic Unit.
Subjects:
Two groups of subjects were included in this study:
1- All Head nurses and their assistants, who were working in the previously
mentioned settings with at least six months of experience. (n=22)
2- All staff nurses, who were working in the previously mentioned settings
and who were available at the time of data collection, with at least six
months of experience, were included in the study, approximately. (n=246)
Tools of the study:
Two tools were used to conduct this study:
Tool (I): Job Crafting Scale (JCS)
It was developed by Tims et al. (2012) (16) based on Job Demands-Resources
(JDR) framework, and was adopted by the researcher, to assess nurses’ job
crafting. It consisted of 21 items classified into four dimensions, namely: (1)
increasing structural job resources (5 items); (2) increasing social job resources
(5 items); (3) increasing challenging job demands (5 items); and (4) decreasing
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hindering job demands (6 items). Responses were measured on a 5-point Likert
scale ranging from (1) never to (5) very often. Total score ranges from 21 to
105. The higher score indicated higher job crafting of nurses. Scores (<50 %);
indicated low level of job crafting, (50 – <75 %); indicated moderate level of
job crafting (≥75 %) indicated high level of job crafting.
Tool (II): Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-17)
It was developed by Schaufeli et al. (2002) (22) and was adopted by the
researcher, to measure work engagement among nurses. It consisted of 17
items classified into three dimensions, namely: (1) vigor (6 items); (2)
dedication (5 items); and (3) absorption (6 items). Responses were measured
on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from (0) never to (6) always. Total score
ranges from (0 to 102). The higher score indicated higher work engagement
of nurses. Scores (<50 %); indicated low level of work engagement (50 – <75
%); indicated moderate level of work engagement and (≥75 %) indicated high
level of work engagement.
In addition to that, a demographic characteristics data sheet was
developed by the researcher, and was included data related to: working unit,
age, gender, educational qualification, years of nursing experience, years of
unit experience, nursing position, and marital status.
Methods
1. An official permission was obtained from the Dean of Faculty Nursing
- Damanhour University and the responsible authorities of the study
settings, after explanation of the study aim.
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2. Study tools were translated into Arabic and tested for its content
validity and translation by five experts in the field of the study.
Accordingly, the necessary modifications were done.
3. A Pilot study was carried out on (10%) of the total sample size (n=27),
who not included in the study sample to check and to ensure the
clarity, feasibility of the study’s tools and to identify obstacles and
problems that may be encountered during data collection. And no
necessary modifications were done.
4. The two tools of the study were tested for its reliability using
Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient for its internal consistency of items,
where: job crafting scale (α= 0.913) and Utrecht Work Engagement
Scale (UWES-17) (α = 0.921) which indicated good reliability.
5. Data collection for this study was achieved by the researcher, from the
study’s subjects through hand-delivered questionnaires at their work
setting. It took from 30 to 40 minutes to complete the questionnaires.
Data collection was conducted over a period of two months, ranging
from the first of April to the end of May 2021.
Ethical consideration
• The research approval was obtained from the ethical committee of the
Faculty of Nursing– Damanhour University, prior to the start of the
study.
• An informed written consent was obtained from the study subjects
after explanation of the study aim.
• Privacy and the right to refuse to participate or withdraw from the
study were assured during the study.
• Confidentiality and anonymity regarding the data collected were
maintained.
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The following were the core results of the present study:
• There was intermediate positive highly statistically significant relationship
between total study subjects’ perceptions of job crafting and total work
engagement.
• There was highly positive statistically significant relationship between
increasing structural job resources with vigor, dedication, absorption, and
total work engagement.
• There was highly positive statistically significant relationship between
total job crafting and total work engagement and its related dimensions;
vigor, dedication, and absorption.
• Years of nursing experience and increasing structural job resources to
be positive highly significant predictors of work engagement.
• There is no statistical significant relationship were found between all
demographic characteristics and total job crafting levels.
• There is highly statistically significant relationship between nurses’
demographic characteristics and their levels of total work engagement
in terms of working unit, age, educational qualification, and years of
unite experience.
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Conclusion and recommendations
This study concluded that there was an intermediate positiv