title: Predictors of work engagement among medical-surgical registered nurses.
abstract: This descriptive, cross-sectional study examines the relationship of job satisfaction, turnover cognitions, job search behavior, and nurse demographics to work engagement among a sample of 167 registered nurses employed on medical and/or surgical units within six hospitals. Professional status, interaction, and thinking of quitting together explain 46%, F(3,160) = 47.546, p < .001, of the variance in work engagement. Additionally, the job satisfaction components of professional status and interaction are shown to significantly moderate the relationship between thinking of quitting and work engagement (t = 1.96, p < .05). Results suggest improvements in work environment processes that are consistent with professional status and interaction at work, such as integration of a professional nursing practice model and development and positioning of transformational leaders at every level of the organization, are needed.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. rsimpson@uwm.edu
authors.forename: Michelle R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D010563:Personnel Turnover / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012044:Regression Analysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*