| Abstract [eng] |
Engaged employees are an important resource of any organization, and healthcare sector should be no exception. It becomes even more relevant in the face of the challenges stemming from demographic changes, and as nurses are the largest group of medical personnel, they may significantly contribute to an effective solution of such problems. A 3-stage research was conducted to figure out what helps nurses to remain engaged in their work and to seek better performance. Results showed that nurses’ work engagement promotion cannot be meaningfully separated from efforts to reduce harm of work factors for their subjective psychological state. Therefore, it can hardly be expected that nurse will be performing above minimal requirement if various work aspects make him or her feel troubled. The most important antecedents of work engagement and adequate psychological state turned out to be such psychosocial work factors as greater autonomy, task variety, acquired performance feedback, sufficient emotional preparation for work tasks, as well as fewer interpersonal problems with peers, patients and their family members. Based on these results, recommendations are provided for managers and human resources specialists, seeking to promote and sustain nurses’ work engagement and decent psychological state. |
