Workplace Silent Behavior Among Nurses: Its Motives And Its Relation To Engagement And Thriving At Work | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2018, Page 644-656 PDF (587.87 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2018.276445 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Shaimaa Hassan Mekawy; Shaimaa Ali Mohamed Ismail | ||||
| Lecturer of Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Workplace silent behavior constitutes a significant threat to organizational ethics and success. Also, it can cause harm to organizations and nurses as hidden damage to the safety of patients, minimizing nurses’ performance, engagement, and thrive at workplace. Aim: The present study aimed to assess the motives of nurses` work place silent behavior and investigate the relationship between workplace silent behavior, engagement and thriving among nurses at work. Design: A descriptive explanatory research design will be utilized to conduct this study. Sample: Convenient sample of 97 nurses who agreed to participate in the study were included. Setting: The current study was conducted in 185 for emergency and burns hospital at Al-Kasr Al-Aini Hospital, Cairo University Hospitals. Tool: Three tools were used; I. Workplace silent behavior and its motives scale; II. Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES); and III. Thriving at Work Scale. Results: Slightly less than half of the nurses reported high levels of overall workplace silent behavior. Moreover, the majority of staff nurses perceived low level of overall work engagement. Furthermore, the majority of nurses perceived low level of thriving at workplace. Conclusion: The study findings concluded that, there was a statistically significant negative correlation between the workplace silent behavior, its motives and other two variables (engagement and thriving at work). On the other hand, there was a highly statistically significant positive correlation detected between engagement and thriving at work. Recommendation: Nurse Managers should establish strategies to encourage speaking up behavior in the workplace and enhance interactions, engagement, collaborative relationships and teamwork among nurses. In addition, the organization should develop an educational strategy to make nurses more aware about silent behavior, its motives, and its relations to nurses’ engagement and thrive at workplace. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Workplace Silent Behavior; Motives; Work Engagement; and Thriving at Work | ||||
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