Job Crafting and Work Engagement of Nurses in Affiliated Hospitals of Harbin Medical University, the People’s Republic of China
Keywords:
Job crafting, Work engagement, Nurses, The People’s Republic of ChinaAbstract
Job crafting and work engagement are important components of the healthcare system to achieve positive organizational outcomes and quality nursing care. This descriptive correlation study aimed to examine the level of job crafting and work engagement among nurses, and to explore the relationship between job crafting and work engagement. The subjects included 408 nurses working in affiliated hospitals of Harbin Medical University, The People’s Republic of China. Research instruments consisted of the Job Crafting Scale (JCS) developed by Tims et al. and translated into Chinese by Huang et al. and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) developed by Schaufeli et al. and translated into Chinese by Fong and Ng. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the overall JCS and UWES were .97 and .92, respectively. Descriptive statistics and Spearman’s rank-order correlation coefficient were used to analyze data.
The results of this study revealed that nurses perceived their overall job crafting at a high level (M = 3.80, SD = 0.80), and their overall work engagement at an average level (M = 3.66, SD = 1.48). There was a significant, positive relationship between overall job crafting and overall work engagement (rs = 0.68, p < .001).
The results of this study could provide understanding of the relationship between job crafting and work engagement leading to the development of appropriate strategies to enhance work engagement among nurses.
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