Exploring the Relationship between the Quality of Nurses' Work Life and Nurses' Work Engagement in Hospitals in the Eastern Provence of Saudi Arabia
Open Access
- Author:
- Alsadah, Zakiya Omran
- Graduate Program:
- Workforce Education and Development
- Degree:
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Document Type:
- Dissertation
- Date of Defense:
- September 20, 2017
- Committee Members:
- Dr. Judith Kolb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Judith Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. William Rothwell, Committee Member
Dr. Wesley donahue, Committee Member
Dr.Edgar Yoder, Outside Member - Keywords:
- Work engagement
Nurses
Saudi Arabia
Quality of work life
Hospitals
Healthcare - Abstract:
- Abstract Nursing in Saudi Arabia suffers from staff shortages with a high turnover rate. Extant research suggests that turnover may have a relationship with nurses’ level of work engagement. This study was conducted in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia to examine the relationship among three dimensions that may correlate with nurses’ work engagement in the Saudi eastern province hospitals. Theses dimensions are (a) nurses’ demographic factors; (b) quality of nurses’ work life; and (c) turnover intention. The population size is 21.722 and includes nurses in the private sector and within the Ministry of Health (MOH). Web-survey link and paper surveys were sent to the management of private and MOH hospitals, and they were asked to deliver them to participants. The results of this correlational descriptive study were analyzed using SPSS to determine the descriptive statistics and level of correlation between research variables and work engagement. The survey was sent to 600 participants. The return rate was 38.6%; after adjusting for insufficient surveys, the rate was 34.5%. Of the 207 participants, 171 (82.6%) were females and 36 (17.4%) males. The majority were between the ages of 21–29, representing (44.0%) of the sample; 45.6% of the participants earned a bachelor's degree or higher; 83.1% of the participates were Saudi nationals; 64.3% were married. The results of the study showed a significant correlation between the three elements of work engagement and each one of the four dimensions of the quality of nurses’ work life. Dedication has the strongest relationship with work context. A negative correlation was found between vigor of the work engagement dimensions and the nurses’ turnover intention.