Poor Nurses’ Work Environment Increases Quiet Quitting and Reduces Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece
<b>Background/Objectives:</b> The nursing work environment, encompassing accessible resources and established processes, might affect nurses’ professional behavior. Our aim was to examine the effect of nurses’ work environments on quiet quitting and work engagement among nurses. <b>...
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| description | <b>Background/Objectives:</b> The nursing work environment, encompassing accessible resources and established processes, might affect nurses’ professional behavior. Our aim was to examine the effect of nurses’ work environments on quiet quitting and work engagement among nurses. <b>Methods:</b> We performed a cross-sectional study with nurses in Greece. We used the “Practice Environment Scale-5” to measure nurses’ work environments, the “Quiet Quitting Scale” to measure quiet quitting, and the “Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-3” to measure work engagement among nurses. We developed multivariable regression models adjusted for gender, age, understaffed wards, shift work, and work experience. <b>Results:</b> The study population included 425 nurses. The mean age of the nurses was 41.1 years. After controlling for confounders, we found that lower nurse participation in hospital affairs, less collegial nurse–physician relationships, worse nursing foundations for quality of care, and lower levels of nurse manager ability, leadership, and support were associated with higher levels of quiet quitting among nurses. Moreover, our multivariable analysis identified a positive association between nurse manager ability, leadership, and support, collegial nurse–physician relationships, nursing foundations for quality of care, and work engagement among nurses. <b>Conclusions:</b> Our findings highlight the poor work environment, elevated levels of quiet quitting, and moderate work engagement among nurses. Moreover, we found that a poor nurses’ work environment was associated with higher levels of quiet quitting. Moreover, our findings showed that nurses’ work environments had a positive impact on work engagement. The ongoing endeavor to enhance all aspects of nurses’ working conditions by healthcare organization administrations is essential for optimizing nurses’ performance, facilitating organizational operations, and ensuring service quality. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d930ceb8f48f45a3b8e1307dc15108302025-01-24T13:44:30ZengMDPI AGNursing Reports2039-439X2039-44032025-01-011511910.3390/nursrep15010019Poor Nurses’ Work Environment Increases Quiet Quitting and Reduces Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Study in GreeceIoannis Moisoglou0Aglaia Katsiroumpa1Aggeliki Katsapi2Olympia Konstantakopoulou3Petros Galanis4Faculty of Nursing, University of Thessaly, 41500 Larissa, GreeceClinical Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, GreeceEuro-Mediterranean Institute of Quality and Safety in Healthcare, 10678 Athens, GreeceClinical Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, GreeceClinical Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece<b>Background/Objectives:</b> The nursing work environment, encompassing accessible resources and established processes, might affect nurses’ professional behavior. Our aim was to examine the effect of nurses’ work environments on quiet quitting and work engagement among nurses. <b>Methods:</b> We performed a cross-sectional study with nurses in Greece. We used the “Practice Environment Scale-5” to measure nurses’ work environments, the “Quiet Quitting Scale” to measure quiet quitting, and the “Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-3” to measure work engagement among nurses. We developed multivariable regression models adjusted for gender, age, understaffed wards, shift work, and work experience. <b>Results:</b> The study population included 425 nurses. The mean age of the nurses was 41.1 years. After controlling for confounders, we found that lower nurse participation in hospital affairs, less collegial nurse–physician relationships, worse nursing foundations for quality of care, and lower levels of nurse manager ability, leadership, and support were associated with higher levels of quiet quitting among nurses. Moreover, our multivariable analysis identified a positive association between nurse manager ability, leadership, and support, collegial nurse–physician relationships, nursing foundations for quality of care, and work engagement among nurses. <b>Conclusions:</b> Our findings highlight the poor work environment, elevated levels of quiet quitting, and moderate work engagement among nurses. Moreover, we found that a poor nurses’ work environment was associated with higher levels of quiet quitting. Moreover, our findings showed that nurses’ work environments had a positive impact on work engagement. The ongoing endeavor to enhance all aspects of nurses’ working conditions by healthcare organization administrations is essential for optimizing nurses’ performance, facilitating organizational operations, and ensuring service quality.https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4403/15/1/19work environmentquiet quittingwork engagementworknurses |
| spellingShingle | Ioannis Moisoglou Aglaia Katsiroumpa Aggeliki Katsapi Olympia Konstantakopoulou Petros Galanis Poor Nurses’ Work Environment Increases Quiet Quitting and Reduces Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece Nursing Reports work environment quiet quitting work engagement work nurses |
| title | Poor Nurses’ Work Environment Increases Quiet Quitting and Reduces Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece |
| title_full | Poor Nurses’ Work Environment Increases Quiet Quitting and Reduces Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece |
| title_fullStr | Poor Nurses’ Work Environment Increases Quiet Quitting and Reduces Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece |
| title_full_unstemmed | Poor Nurses’ Work Environment Increases Quiet Quitting and Reduces Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece |
| title_short | Poor Nurses’ Work Environment Increases Quiet Quitting and Reduces Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece |
| title_sort | poor nurses work environment increases quiet quitting and reduces work engagement a cross sectional study in greece |
| topic | work environment quiet quitting work engagement work nurses |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4403/15/1/19 |
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