Psychological empowerment and job satisfaction in nurses: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychological empowerment is generally understood to be associated with job satisfaction among nurses. However, recently published literature has questioned this association.

Objective

We aimed to systematically investigate through a meta-analysis the association of psychological empowerment with job satisfaction among nurses.

Methods

PubMed, Medline, Cochrane Library, PsycInfo, and Embase were used to search targeted studies from conception to 20 January 2022. The correlation coefficients of each study were extracted and converted into Fisher's Z. Finally, pooled r was calculated by Fisher's Z and standard error (SE).

Results

A total of 28 studies encompassing 27 articles with 7,664 registered nurses were included. The pooled correlation coef

SUBMITTER: Gu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9692104 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature