Organizational agility: the pathway to career aspirations among staff nurses at selected hospitals

Background: Healthcare organization managers need to be far more nimble and adaptable to thrive
in a cutthroat market. In order to foster organizational agility, administrators, managers, and leaders
in the healthcare industry must provide the highest level of patient and employee needs,
expectations, and demands. Organizational agility has a mediating role in fostering professional
development and career goals for nurses transitioning into advanced practice, as well as improving
nurses' competence (Al Humdan, Shi, and Behnia, 2020). Aim: The current study conducted to
investigate the relation between organizational agility and career aspirations as perceived by staff
nurses at selected hospitals. Research design: A descriptive correlational design was utilized to
carry out the present study. Setting: The current study was conducted at “Gynecology, Obstetrics,
and Pediatrics Minia University Hospital and at specialized pediatric Cairo University hospital.
Subjects: A representative sample 30% of total number of staff nurses worked in the selected
hospitals “Gynecology, Obstetrics, and Pediatrics Minia University Hospital (N= 173) and at
specialized pediatric Cairo University hospital (N=110). Tools: To reach the aim of the current
study, data were collected using three tools: 1st: Personal data questionnaire, 2nd: Organizational
Agility Questionnaire: 3rd : Career Aspiration Scale. Results: Regarding organization agility level
and career aspiration, majority of staff nurses at Specialists pediatric Cairo university Hospital
reported high level of organizational agility and career aspiration while slightly more than half of
staff nurses at Gynecology, Obstetric and Pediatric Minia University Hospital reported high level
of organizational agility and career aspiration. There were a statistical significant difference
between Specialists pediatric Cairo university hospital staff nurses and Gynecology, Obstetric and
Pediatric Minia University hospital staff nurses in relation to organizational Agility and its
dimension . In addition there were also a statistical significant difference between them in relation
to Career aspiration and its dimension. Conclusions: it was concluded that there was a highly
statistically significant correlation between total scores of organizational agility and total career
aspiration. Recommendations: To enable nurses to apply their skills to achieve the work at hand
and take ownership of their actions, nursing management must provide them a high level of job
aspiration.