Relationship between Structural Empowerment, Work Engagement, and Job Satisfaction among Nursing Staff at Zagazig University Hospitals

Background: In any health care setting, the nursing staff plays an important role for
organizational achievement. Therefore, it is very important for the nurse managers to
recognize nurses’ work and provide them with opportunities to grow and to look after their
comfort (1). Aim: identify the relationship between structural empowerment, work
engagement, and job satisfaction among nursing staff at Zagazig University Hospitals.
Design: Descriptive correlational, cross-sectional study. Setting: The study was conducted at
all Zagazig University Hospitals Sample: Stratified random sample was used. 100 full time
staff nurses who have a minimum of 6 months’ nursing experience in the organization were
selected. Tools of data collection: A demographic sheet, the Conditions for work
Effectiveness Questionnaire-II (CWEQ-II), the Utrech Work Engagement scale, and the
abridged job in general scale (AJIG scale) were used. Results The sample of 100 staff nurses
was females with a mean age of (33.45), and an average of 15.18 years of experience. The
majority of them had diploma qualification. 41% of nurses had satisfactory scores in relation
to structural empowerment, and 48% of them had satisfactory scores in relation to work
engagement. While nearly half of them have satisfactory scores in relation to overall job
satisfaction (53%). Statistical significant correlation between structural empowerment and
work engagement (r= .224*), and job satisfaction and both of structural empowerment
(r=.348**) and work engagement (r=.297**) were detected. Also, work engagement has
partial mediation effect on empowerment/ overall nurse’ job satisfaction relationship.
Conclusion: There were highly significant positive correlation between job satisfaction and
both of structural empowerment and work engagement among nurses working in Zagazig
University Hospitals. Moreover, work engagement has partial mediation effect on
empowerment/overall nurse’ job satisfaction relationship. Recommendation: Nurse
Managers at Zagazig University Hospitals should develop and implement strategies to engage
their staff in work