Relationship between the job rotation efficacy and psychological empowerment of Iranian nurses

Background & Aim: We aimed to assess the relationship between job rotation and the psychological empowerment of nurses working in the teaching hospital of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. Methods & Materials: This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in 2016. Its populati...

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Main Authors: Mansour Ranjbar, Ali Morad Heidari Gorji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018-04-01
Series:Nursing Practice Today
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Online Access:https://npt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/npt/article/view/304
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description Background & Aim: We aimed to assess the relationship between job rotation and the psychological empowerment of nurses working in the teaching hospital of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. Methods & Materials: This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in 2016. Its population consists of 1000 nurses working in the teaching hospital of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 277 of them were selected as sample size using random sampling method. Spritzer’s psychological empowerment questionnaire and a researcher-made questionnaire was used to measure nurses’ view to job rotation efficacy. Results: In this study, 75% and 25% of nurses were female and male, respectively with mean age of 32.6 (SD=2.26). The mean score of nurses’ psychological empowerment in competence, autonomy, effectiveness, significance and trust was obtained, 12.68, 13.2, 14.5, 14.23 and 14.9, respectively. In addition, the mean score of overall psychological empowerment was obtained 69.51 while the mean score of job rotation efficacy was obtained 61.2. An also results showed that job rotation efficacy in the nurses of the studied hospital is related with psychological empowerment. Conclusions: The obtained results indicate that the efficacies of job rotation in nursing staff working in the studied hospitals are not independent from their psychological empowerment.
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spelling doaj.art-80497275da5c48e298ca173a3352a68b2022-12-22T01:24:28ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesNursing Practice Today2383-11542383-11622018-04-0152Relationship between the job rotation efficacy and psychological empowerment of Iranian nursesMansour Ranjbar0Ali Morad Heidari Gorji1Assistant Professor, Faculty Member at the Education Development Center of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, IR IranAssistant Professor, Faculty Member at the Education Development Center of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, IR IranBackground & Aim: We aimed to assess the relationship between job rotation and the psychological empowerment of nurses working in the teaching hospital of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. Methods & Materials: This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in 2016. Its population consists of 1000 nurses working in the teaching hospital of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 277 of them were selected as sample size using random sampling method. Spritzer’s psychological empowerment questionnaire and a researcher-made questionnaire was used to measure nurses’ view to job rotation efficacy. Results: In this study, 75% and 25% of nurses were female and male, respectively with mean age of 32.6 (SD=2.26). The mean score of nurses’ psychological empowerment in competence, autonomy, effectiveness, significance and trust was obtained, 12.68, 13.2, 14.5, 14.23 and 14.9, respectively. In addition, the mean score of overall psychological empowerment was obtained 69.51 while the mean score of job rotation efficacy was obtained 61.2. An also results showed that job rotation efficacy in the nurses of the studied hospital is related with psychological empowerment. Conclusions: The obtained results indicate that the efficacies of job rotation in nursing staff working in the studied hospitals are not independent from their psychological empowerment.https://npt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/npt/article/view/304Job rotationNursePsychological empowermentIran
spellingShingle Mansour Ranjbar
Ali Morad Heidari Gorji
Relationship between the job rotation efficacy and psychological empowerment of Iranian nurses
Nursing Practice Today
Job rotation
Nurse
Psychological empowerment
Iran
title Relationship between the job rotation efficacy and psychological empowerment of Iranian nurses
title_full Relationship between the job rotation efficacy and psychological empowerment of Iranian nurses
title_fullStr Relationship between the job rotation efficacy and psychological empowerment of Iranian nurses
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between the job rotation efficacy and psychological empowerment of Iranian nurses
title_short Relationship between the job rotation efficacy and psychological empowerment of Iranian nurses
title_sort relationship between the job rotation efficacy and psychological empowerment of iranian nurses
topic Job rotation
Nurse
Psychological empowerment
Iran
url https://npt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/npt/article/view/304
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