Work Empowerment and Productivity as Perceived by Nurses in Secondary Hospitals, Jinghong City, the People's Republic of China
Keywords:
Work empowerment, Productivity, Nurse, secondary hospitals, People's Republic of ChinaAbstract
Productivity is an important indicator of performance of organization. Measuring organizational productivity will help identify ability to fully utilize organizational resources in order to create patient satisfaction. This descriptive correlational study aimed to examine the relationship between work empowerment and productivity among nurses working in secondary hospitals, Jinghong City, the People's Republic of China. The sample included 188 nurses who were selected by using stratified random sampling method. Research instruments consisted of the Condition of Work Effectiveness Questionnaire (Laschinger, Finegan, Shamian & Wilk, 2001) and the Productivity Scale (McNeese-Smith, 1995), which had the Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of 0.94 and 0.96, respectively. Descriptive statistics and Pearson’s product-moment correlation analysis were used to analyze data. Results revealed that nurses in secondary hospitals, Jinghong City, the People's Republic of China perceived work empowerment and productivity at moderate levels (`X = 17.88, SD = 3.99; `X = 47.30, SD = 12.69, respectively). There was a statistically significant positive relationship between work empowerment and productivity (r=.408, p<.01). The results of this study provide administrators to promote work empowerment to increase productivity which will produce positive outcomes for patients and hospitals.
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