Effect of Job Demands- Resources and Job Crafting on Nurses Work Engagement

Elsayed, Mayada Ali; Zakaria, Abeer; Abo Habieb, El- Tahra

doi:10.21608/mnj.2023.320386

Effect of Job Demands- Resources and Job Crafting on Nurses Work Engagement

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Nurse Specialist, Obstetric and Gynecological Operation Department, El-Mahalla El-Kubra General Hospital

² Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing - Mansoura University,

³ Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing - Mansoura University

10.21608/mnj.2023.320386

Abstract

Job demands at nurses’ job need to be balanced with job resources plus supporting nurses to use job crafting techniques
to maintain their work engagement. Aim: Exploring the effect of job demands-resources and job crafting on nurses work
engagement. Method: A descriptive correlational design. The present study was conducted at El-Mahalla El-Kubra
General hospital on 270 nurses by using three tools: Job Demands- Resources Scale, Job Crafting Scale and Utrecht
Work Engagement Scale. Results: Positive statistically significant correlation between job resources, job crafting and
work engagement and no statistically significant correlation between job demands and work engagement. Conclusion:
Work engagement was highly related to job resources and job crafting. While, at the opposite side, work engagement
had no significant association with job demands. Recommendations: Nurses should be developed professionally to cope
with their job demands. Nurses’ supervisors should support nurses in using job crafting techniques.

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