The Relationship between Workforce Agility and Staff Nurses' Innovative Work Behavior at Critical Care Units
Mohamed El-Sayed, N., Mahmoud Abdel-Azeem, A., Khaled Abd El-Aziz zaki, A. (2022). The Relationship between Workforce Agility and Staff Nurses' Innovative Work Behavior at Critical Care Units. EKB Journal Management System, 13(3), 560-573. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.253723
Naglaa Mohamed El-Sayed; Aida Mahmoud Abdel-Azeem; Asmaa Khaled Abd El-Aziz zaki. "The Relationship between Workforce Agility and Staff Nurses' Innovative Work Behavior at Critical Care Units". EKB Journal Management System, 13, 3, 2022, 560-573. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.253723
Mohamed El-Sayed, N., Mahmoud Abdel-Azeem, A., Khaled Abd El-Aziz zaki, A. (2022). 'The Relationship between Workforce Agility and Staff Nurses' Innovative Work Behavior at Critical Care Units', EKB Journal Management System, 13(3), pp. 560-573. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.253723
Mohamed El-Sayed, N., Mahmoud Abdel-Azeem, A., Khaled Abd El-Aziz zaki, A. The Relationship between Workforce Agility and Staff Nurses' Innovative Work Behavior at Critical Care Units. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 13(3): 560-573. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.253723

The Relationship between Workforce Agility and Staff Nurses' Innovative Work Behavior at Critical Care Units

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Article 41, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2022, Page 560-573  XML PDF (300.13 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.253723
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Authors
Naglaa Mohamed El-Sayed1; Aida Mahmoud Abdel-Azeem1; Asmaa Khaled Abd El-Aziz zaki2
1Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing Beni Suef University, Egypt
2Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt.
Abstract
Background: Workforce agility can help health care organizations in dealing with change and it can be started by increasing work innovation and proactive initiatives as staff nurses should make work innovations according to performance demands. The study aimed to assess the relationship between workforce agility and staff nurses' innovative work behavior at Critical Care Units. Research design: Descriptive correlational design was utilized. The study setting: the study was conducted at critical care units in Benha University Hospital. The study sample: A convenient sample of (265) staff nurses from the setting mentioned above. Tools: Two tools were used for data collection; Workforce agility Scale and Innovative Behavior Inventory. Results: Slightly more than half of staff nurses had moderate level of workforce agility and more than two thirds of studied staff nurses had high innovative work behavior. Conclusion: There was a highly statistical significant positive correlation between workforce agility and staff nurses' innovative work behavior. The study recommended: that nurse manager should give staff nurses the time and resources they need to pursue creative ideas, and support innovation as a job requirement, conduct training program about workforce agility and enable knowledge and new ideas to be shared.
Keywords
innovative work behavior; Staff nurses; Workforce agility
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