Relationship between Organizational Justice and Work Engagement among Staff Nurses

Abstract

Background: work engagement of staff nurses has a great effect on their productivity, patient outcomes, and organizational performance. It is important to explore what can be done to facilitate work engagement. Aim of the Study: This study aimed at determining relationship between organizational justice and work engagement among staff nurses. Research design: A descriptive correlational design was used in this study.. Setting: The study was conducted in El Menshawy General Hospital in Tanta that affiliated to Ministry of Health. Subjects: 152 staff nurses out of 245 participated in the study. Tools: Data for this study were collected using two tools namely: organizational justice scale and work engagement scale Results: the majority of staff nurses (84.9%) had low perception toward distributive justice dimension, while about two thirds of staff nurses had low perception toward total organizational justice. Also, about two thirds of staff nurses had low level toward vigor dimension, while more than half of them (56.5%) had low level regarding total work engagement. Conclusion: There was a statistically significant positive relationship between total organizational justice and total work engagement among staff nurses. Recommendations: Nursing supervisors should consider enhancing engagement of their staff nurses through creating motivational work environment and improving staff nurses perception of organizational justice.