title: Encouraging engagement at work to improve retention.
abstract: Similar professional standards link nurses together but healthcare professionals practise across a variety of areas and have different experiences of the workplace. It cannot be assumed that a positive experience in one setting will be replicated in another, even if it is in the same organisation. This article explores the factors that affect workplace culture and outlines the rudiments underpinning nurse engagement from a work perspective. It also analyses staff engagement in the health service sector by examining the status, certainty, autonomy, relatedness and fairness (Scarf) model, and demonstrates the relevance of this framework.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. stillott@uow.edu.au
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tillott
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Lorna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moxham
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D012649:Self Concept; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*