Work-Health Balance and Job Performance of Nurses in University Hospitals

Abstract

Work-health balance is one way to promote job performance among nurses. This descriptive correlational research aimed to study work-health balance, job performance and the relationship between work-health balance and job performance among nurses in university hospitals. The participants comprised 138 nurses working in university hospitals in the northern region, selected using multi-stage random sampling. The instruments for data collection were a demographic data form, the Work-Health Balance questionnaire (WHBq), and the Nursing Performance Scale which consisted of two subscales: task performance and contextual performance. The Cronbach’s alpha showed reliability coefficients of 0.89, 0.93, and 0.80, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient.

The results revealed that: 1) 60.90% of nurses perceived that they did not have work-health balance; the mean work-health balance index was -0.28 (SD = 1.18); 2) the majority of nurses had job task performance at a high level (M = 58.57, SD = 8.76) and job contextual performance at high level (M = 70.28, SD = 11.36); and 3) work-health balance was not correlated with task performance (r = .038, p = .656), but it was positively correlated with contextual performance (r = .264, p < .01).

The results of this study may be useful for nursing managers as basic information for management regarding increasing or maintaining work-health balance, thereby achieving high-quality job performance according to professional standards.