Workplace Spirituality and its Influence on Staff Nurses’ Motivation and Team Effectiveness

A. Khalaaf, Dalia; M. Elsayed, Samah; Saad Soliman Saad, Ehsan

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2022.286167

Workplace Spirituality and its Influence on Staff Nurses’ Motivation and Team Effectiveness

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University. Egypt.

² Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University. Egypt.

³ Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt.

10.21608/ejhc.2022.286167

Abstract

Background: Workplace spirituality gain positive benefits by developing a humanisticenvironment
that has a positive influence on staff nurses’ motivation and team effectiveness for effective nursing
care outcomes. Aim of this study: to assess workplace spirituality and its influence on staff nurses’
motivation and team effectiveness. Research Design: A descriptive correlational research design
was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: This study was conducted at all inpatient units at Benha
University Hospitals. Subjects: Consisted of 314 staff nurses out from 1461 staff nurses based on a
simple random sample. Tools of data collection: Three tools were used for data collection;
workplace spirituality questionnaire, staff nurses’ motivation questionnaire and team effectiveness
questionnaire. Results: Slightly more than two thirds (67.6%) of studied staff nurses had moderate
level of workplace spirituality and more than half (56.4%) of them had high level of motivation also
more than half (54.1%) of them had high level of teamwork effectiveness. Conclusion: There was a
highly statistical significant positive correlation between total workplace spirituality level and total
staff nurses' motivation level; also there was a highly statistically significant positive correlation
between total workplace spirituality level and total teamwork effectiveness level.
Recommendations: Hospital administrators could maintain workplace spirituality (supportive
environment), team effectiveness by motivating staff nurses. Periodic assess staff nurses needs and
active listening to them from their supervisors. Staff nurses roles and responsibilities of their work
should be clear at the beginning to promote teamwork effectiveness.

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