The influence of empowered work environments on the psychological experiences of nursing assistants during COVID-19: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nursing Assistants (NA) who feel empowered tend to perform their duties better, have higher morale and job satisfaction, and are less likely to leave their jobs. Organizational empowerment practices in hospitals likely shape the psychological experiences of empowerment among these personnel; however, little is known about this relationship.

Objective

We used qualitative inquiry to explore the relationship between organizational empowerment structural components and feelings of psychological empowerment among hospital frontline workers during a public health emergency.

Methods

Kanter's Theory of Structural Empowerment and Spreitzer's Psychological Empowerment in the Workplace Framework were applied to identify the conceptual influences of organizational prac

SUBMITTER: Travers JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7561701 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature