J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2022 Jun;28(3):228-237. 10.11111/jkana.2022.28.3.228.

The Effects of Positive Psychological Capital and Organizational Justice on Job Embeddedness of Clinical Nurses

• Lee YS
• Kim H

• KMID: 2536034
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2022.28.3.228

Abstract

Purpose
This study aimed to investigate factors affecting the job embeddedness of clinical nurses.
Methods
Participants were 204 nurses working in four general hospitals. Data were collected from September 3 to October 8, 2020 and analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 25.0 program.
Results
The mean scores for positive psychological capital, organizational justice, and job embeddedness were 3.31±0.38, 3.16±0.46, and 3.17±0.38, respectively. The job embeddedness of the participants had a positive correlation with optimism (r=.57, p<.001), hope (r=.56, p<.001), self-efficacy (r=.44, p<.001), and resilience (r=.38, p<.001) in the sub-factors of positive psychological capital. It also had a positive correlation with procedural (r=.58, p<.001), distributive (r=.52, p<.001), and interactional (r=.35, p<.001) justice in the sub-factors of organizational justice. The factors affecting nurses’ job embeddness were procedural justice, optimism, position, distributive justice, and hope. In addition, the explanatory power of the model was 60% (F=39.11, p<.001).
Conclusion
The results suggest that to improve the job embeddedness, positive psychology-based coaching and counseling programs suitable for individual clinical nurses, organizational management through transparent procedures and objective and systematic distribution are needed. In addition, a position system suitable for the characteristics of a nursing organization is required.

Keyword

Positive psychological capital; Organizational justice; Job embeddedness; Nurses