CNA empowerment: effects on job performance and work attitudes.
In this analysis, the effects of empowerment were examined among a sample of certified nursing assistants (CNAs) representing a wide range of empowerment levels. On the basis of survey responses from 298 CNAs and 136 nurses in five nursing homes where CNA-empowered work teams had been implemented and five nursing homes with more traditional management approaches, the results indicated that CNA empowerment had a variety of effects. CNAs with high empowerment and the nurses who worked with them tended to report better CNA performance and work-related attitudes. Both were also less likely to be thinking about leaving their jobs. With the help of lessons learned from new culture change initiatives, and with commitment, effort, and attention, nursing homes and other health care providers can reap the benefits associated with employee empowerment strategies, such as CNA-empowered work teams.
Cready
Cynthia M
CM
University of North Texas, Department of Sociology, Denton 76203-1157, USA. cready@unt.edu
Yeatts
Dale E
DE
Gosdin
Melissa M
MM
Potts
Helen F
HF
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000523:psychology*; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011209:Power, Psychological; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis