The Relation between Psychosocial Safety Climate and Work Engagement among Staff Nurses

Arafat Abdeltwab, Rufaida; Mohamed Abd Rabou, Hanaa; Ahmed Abd Elhamid, Laila

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2025.445009

The Relation between Psychosocial Safety Climate and Work Engagement among Staff Nurses

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ 1B.Sc. Nursing Science, Faculty of Nursing, El-Fayoum University

² 2Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Faculty of Nursing, October 6 University

³ 3Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

10.21608/ejhc.2025.445009

Abstract

Background: Organizations can create conditions that allow employees to develop their own capacities and grow personally and professionally. Thus, by creating a psychosocial safety climate (PSC), PSC is important for both organizations and employees. Aim: the study aimed to assess the relation between psychosocial safety climate and work engagement among staff nurses. Research Design: A descriptive correlational research design was utilized. Setting: This study was carried out at medical university hospital which affiliated to El- Fayoum University hospitals. Subjects: the study subjects include 159 out of 270 of staff nurses. Tools: Data were collected by using two tools; psychosocial safety climate scale and work engagement scale. Results: Regarding psychosocial safety climate among the studied staff nurses in the study sample find that, more than half of the studied nurses (51.6% & 51.6% &57.9%) had high management commitment, organizational communication and organizational participation. As well as more than half of them (54.1%) had low level of psychosocial safety climate. Also find that, two third of staff nurses (66.7%) had moderate level of work engagement. Conclusion: there was high statistically significant positive correlation between psychosocial safety climate and work engagement.Recommendations: nurse managers and administrators must adopt programs and interventions that increase work engagement such as professional development training and practice, providing social support to their staff.

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