Relationship between Organizational Justice and Work Engagement among Staff Nurses

Amin Ali Badawy, Mervat; Mostafa Shazly, Mona; Mohammed Elsayed, Samah

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2022.222515

Relationship between Organizational Justice and Work Engagement among Staff Nurses

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ B.Sc Nursing, Assuit University,

² Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

³ Assisst Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

10.21608/ejhc.2022.222515

Abstract

Background: work engagement of staff nurses has a great effect on their productivity,
patient outcomes, and organizational performance. It is important to explore what can be done to
facilitate work engagement. Aim of the Study: This study aimed at determining relationship < /div>
between organizational justice and work engagement among staff nurses. Research design: A
descriptive correlational design was used in this study. . Setting: The study was conducted in El
Menshawy General Hospital in Tanta that affiliated to Ministry of Health. Subjects: 152 staff
nurses out of 245 participated in the study. Tools: Data for this study were collected using two tools
namely: organizational justice scale and work engagement scale Results: the majority of staff
nurses (84.9%) had low perception toward distributive justice dimension, while about two thirds of
staff nurses had low perception toward total organizational justice. Also, about two thirds of staff
nurses had low level toward vigor dimension, while more than half of them (56.5%) had low level
regarding total work engagement. Conclusion: There was a statistically significant positive
relationship between total organizational justice and total work engagement among staff nurses.
Recommendations: Nursing supervisors should consider enhancing engagement
of their staff
nurses through creating motivational work environment and improving staff nurses
perception of
organizational justice.

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