title: Evaluation of work engagement and its determinants in Kermanshah hospitals staff in 2013.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Work engagement is a new concept in the field of psychology and human resource management. Increased vitality and enthusiasm is a social phenomenon that brings work engagement for society. This study aimed to evaluate work engagement and its determinants in Kermanshah hospitals' staff.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was conducted on 387 hospital administrative, clinical, paraclinical, and service staff. The sample size was calculated using Krejcei-Morgan table. The data were collected using a questionnaire including demographic characteristics and job engagement components. Then, the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics as well as independent sample t-test and one-way ANOVA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The participants' mean (SD) of age was 32.63±2.7 years and most of them were female (57.6%). The results revealed a significant relationship between work engagement and age group (P=0.01) and work experience (P=0.04). However, no significant relationship was found between work engagement and sex, education level, and job unit.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study showed that only job experience and age were associated with work engagement. However, no significant relationship was found between work engagement and education level, sex, and job. Thus, further studies are suggested to investigate the cultural factors and personality traits associated with job enthusiasm among the hospital staff, especially nurses.
authors.affiliation: Assistant professor,Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Abadan College of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Ahvaz, Iran AND kermanshah university of medical sciences, kermanshah,iran. mmahboubi@kums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahboubi
authors.forename: Fariba
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ghahramani
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.forename: Nastaran
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Amani
authors.forename: Seyedeh Hoda
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Mousavi
authors.forename: Farida
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moradi
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akbarzadeh
authors.forename: Mahmmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kazemi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult