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Nursing work environment, value congruence and their relationships with nurses' work outcomes
Jing Shao1, Leiwen Tang2, Xiyi Wang1
1School of Nursing, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Journal of Nursing Management
|September 18, 2018
Summary
Improving nurses' value congruence can buffer the negative effects of a poor work environment on burnout. This enhances job satisfaction and reduces turnover intention in the nursing profession.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Organizational Psychology
- Healthcare Management
Background:
- Poor nursing work environments in China negatively impact job satisfaction, burnout, and turnover intention.
- Enhancing nurses' value congruence is proposed as a strategy to improve nurse well-being.
- Understanding these relationships is crucial for retaining nursing staff.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the links between the work environment, value congruence, and nurses' work outcomes.
- To examine the moderating role of value congruence in these relationships.
Main Methods:
- Utilized cross-sectional data from the Chinese Nurses' Environment of Work Status study.
- Analyzed 19,149 valid samples.
- Employed hierarchical regression and simple slope analyses.
Main Results:
- All correlations between variables were statistically significant (p < .01).
- Value congruence significantly moderated the relationship between the nursing work environment and burnout (emotional exhaustion and depersonalization).
Conclusions:
- Both a positive nursing work environment and value congruence are linked to higher job satisfaction and lower burnout and turnover intention.
- Value congruence can mitigate the detrimental effects of a poor work environment on nurse burnout.
- Value congruence is a practical tool for managers to improve outcomes for nurses and healthcare organizations.
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