Effect of Job Demands- Resources and Job Crafting on Nurses Work Engagement

Abstract

Job demands at nurses’ job need to be balanced with job resources plus supporting nurses to use job crafting techniques to maintain their work engagement. Aim: Exploring the effect of job demands-resources and job crafting on nurses work engagement. Method: A descriptive correlational design. The present study was conducted at El-Mahalla El-Kubra General hospital on 270 nurses by using three tools: Job Demands-Resources Scale, Job Crafting Scale and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. Results: Positive statistically significant correlation between job resources, job crafting and work engagement and no statistically significant correlation between job demands and work engagement. Conclusion: Work engagement was highly related to job resources and job crafting. While, at the opposite side, work engagement had no significant association with job demands. Recommendations: Nurses should be developed professionally to cope with their job demands. Nurses’ supervisors should support nurses in using job crafting techniques.