Takashi Naruse1, Mahiro Sakai1, Satoko Nagata1. 1. Department of Community Health Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract
AIM: Home-visiting nursing agencies are required to foster staff nurse's work engagement; thus, the factors related to work engagement require identification. This study examined relational coordination among colleagues and agency span of control on the work engagement of home-visiting nurses. METHODS: Cross-sectional data from 93 staff nurses in 31 home-visiting nursing agencies were collected via a survey and analyzed using mixed linear regression. RESULTS: There was no significant main effect of relational coordination among nurse colleagues on work engagement. In large agencies with a large span of control, relational coordination among nursing colleagues predicted work engagement. Nursing managers' relational coordination was found to be positively associated with staff nurse work engagement. CONCLUSION: Agency span of control is a moderating factor on the positive effect of relational coordination with nursing colleagues on staff nurse work engagement.
AIM: Home-visiting nursing agencies are required to foster staff nurse's work engagement; thus, the factors related to work engagement require identification. This study examined relational coordination among colleagues and agency span of control on the work engagement of home-visiting nurses. METHODS: Cross-sectional data from 93 staff nurses in 31 home-visiting nursing agencies were collected via a survey and analyzed using mixed linear regression. RESULTS: There was no significant main effect of relational coordination among nurse colleagues on work engagement. In large agencies with a large span of control, relational coordination among nursing colleagues predicted work engagement. Nursing managers' relational coordination was found to be positively associated with staff nurse work engagement. CONCLUSION: Agency span of control is a moderating factor on the positive effect of relational coordination with nursing colleagues on staff nurse work engagement.
Authors: Erin Abu-Rish Blakeney; Hebatallah Naim Ali; Nicole Summerside; Danielle C Lavallee; Benjamin Kragen; Mayumi A Willgerodt; Bryan J Weiner; Leah Spacciante; Brenda K Zierler Journal: Health Care Manage Rev Date: 2021 Oct-Dec 01