Relationship between Organizational Justice and Work Engagement among Staff Nurses

Abstract

Background: Organizational justice and work engagement of staff nurses have a great effect on their productivity, patient outcomes, and organizational performance. It is important to explore what can be done to facilitate work engagement. Aim of the Study: This study aimed at determining relationship between organizational justice and work engagement among staff nurses. Research design: A descriptive correlational design was used in this study. Setting: The study was conducted in El Menshawy General Hospital in Tanta that affiliated to Ministry of Health. Subjects: 152 staff nurses out of 245 participated in the study. Tools: Data for this study were collected using two tools namely: Organizational Justice Scale and Work Engagement Scale Results: the majority of staff nurses (84.9%) had low perception toward distributive justice dimension, while about two thirds of staff nurses (67.8%) had low perception toward total organizational justice. Also, about two thirds of staff nurses (67%) had low level toward vigor dimension, while more than half of them (56.5%) had low level regarding total work engagement. Conclusion: There was a statistically significant positive relationship between total organizational justice and total work engagement among staff nurses. Recommendations: Nursing supervisors should consider enhancing engagement of their staff nurses through creating motivational work environment and improving staff nurses perception of organizational justice.