Relationship between Motivation and Job Involvement among Staff Nurses

Background: Well motivated and involved workforce feels that organization value them
and they are playing an essential role within their organization which significantly enhance both
employees' as well as organizational performance. Aim: present study aimed to explore the
relationship between motivation and job involvement among staff nurses. Design: A descriptive
correlational study design was used. Setting: This study was carried out on 100 staff nurses
working at Al Helal Hospital.Sample Type: The convenient sample included staff nurses a
permanent contract, who have more than one year experience, and working full time. Tools of
data collection: Motivational needs questionnaire sheet and job involvement scale. Results: 96%
of staff nurses were highly needed for achievement. While 87% of staff nurses had high level of
total motivational need. Also, 58% of staff nurses were highly involved in their work. There was
statistically significant relation between staff nurses need for power and their age and years of
experience . There was a statistical significant relation between total motivational needs and staff
nurses’ age, work unit, years of experience and qualification. There was statistically significant
relation between total job involvement level and staff nurses’ age, qualification, and years of
experience. conclusion, there was a positive correlation between total motivational needs and
total job involvement. Recommendations: Hospitals must establish policies for meet staff nurses'
need for power, conducting periodic meeting and discussion between health care team members
and manager must assigning employees specific or specialized tasks to enabling them to become
expert.