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The impact of emotional intelligence on work engagement of registered nurses: the mediating role of organisational justice.
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.); Aug2015, Vol. 24 Issue 15-16, p2115-2124, 10p, 2 Diagrams, 5 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Aims and objectives To explore the impact of emotional intelligence and organisational justice on work engagement in Chinese nurses and to examine the mediating role of organisational justice to provide implications for promoting clinical nurses' work engagement. Background The importance of work engagement on nurses' well-being and quality of care has been well documented. Work engagement is significantly predicted by job resources. However, little research has concentrated simultaneously on the influence of both personal and organisational resources on nurses' work engagement. Design A descriptive, cross-sectional design was employed. Methods A total of 511 nurses from four public hospitals were enrolled by multistage sampling. Data collection was undertaken using the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale, the Organizational Justice questionnaire and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-9. We analysed the data using structural equation modelling. Results Emotional intelligence and organisational justice were significant predictors and they accounted for 44% of the variance in nurses' work engagement. Bootstrap estimation confirmed an indirect effect of emotional intelligence on work engagement via organisational justice. Conclusions Emotional intelligence and organisational justice positively predict work engagement and organisational justice partially mediates the relationship between emotional intelligence and work engagement. Relevance to clinical practice Our study supports the idea that enhancing organisational justice can increase the impact of emotional intelligence. Managers should take into account the importance of emotional intelligence and perceptions of organisational justice in human resources management and apply targeted interventions to foster work engagement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CHI-squared test
CLUSTER analysis (Statistics)
CONFIDENCE intervals
CORPORATE culture
STATISTICAL correlation
EMPLOYEE attitudes
FACTOR analysis
GOODNESS-of-fit tests
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
NURSES
NURSING models
SCIENTIFIC observation
PUBLIC hospitals
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH
STATISTICAL sampling
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SELF-evaluation
EMOTIONAL intelligence
THEORY
STRUCTURAL equation modeling
CROSS-sectional method
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
HOSPITAL nursing staff
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09621067
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 15-16
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 108610602
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12807