Assessment of nurses perception of the use of job enrichment as motivator by the nurse manager at Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Parklane

Abstract

The study aimed at examining nurses’ perception of their unit managers use of job enrichment strategy as a motivator to their subordinates in Enugu State University of Science and Technology Hospital. Descriptive survey research designed was adopted for the study. 235 nurses who were on duty when the research was conducted were used. Data was collected using the researchers’ developed questionnaire with a reliability of 0.716. The findings shows that nurses perceived that their managers do not use job enrichment as a motivator to their subordinates (Mean 3±0.9, P. value = 0.000). It was recommended that hospital should embark on training of nurses to improve their knowledge on the use of job enrichment strategy to enhance the productivity of staff working under them. Key words: Nurses’ perception, job enrichment, motivator, nurse managers.