Organisational Level Predictors of Work Engagement (V1)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The Organisational Level Predictors of Work Engagement in Community Healthcare Employees.
IRAS ID
269067
Contact name
Laura Dean
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The University of Sheffield
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 1 months, 9 days
Research summary
What are the most important organisational-level predictors of work engagement in community healthcare employees?
Despite the body of research that has been conducted on work engagement in healthcare (e.g. hospital-based nurses), relatively little exists on community healthcare. As organisational context plays a large role in work engagement, it is important that we understand the nature of work engagement in community healthcare employees. The limited research which exists on engagement in community healthcare focuses primarily on the role of personal factors, e.g. coping strategies (Vinje & Mittelmark, 2008), therefore there is a lack of research into the organisational-level predictors of engagement in community healthcare. Work-based predictors of engagement tend to have a greater impact on engagement than personal factors, it is important that we investigate what these are (Simpson, 2009). At present, no reliable research exists on the organisational-level predictors of work engagement in community healthcare professionals. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to build on this and identify which organisational level factors are the most important predictors of work engagement of community healthcare by using valid and reliable measures of each predicting factor.
The study design is a quantitative cross-sectional online questionnaire. The study will be open for 2 weeks, the questionnaire consists of 49 questions and participants will be asked to indicate how they feel about different aspects of their work. Individuals would be eligible to participate if they are community healthcare staff from Derbyshire Community Health Services and over 18. All gender identities are included. There are no direct benefits to participants. The research is relevant and important to participants and other community healthcare professionals as it will provide more knowledge of how work engagement can be improved for community healthcare employees. The findings of this study can be used to inform future decisions at DCHS.REC name
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