The Relation between Organizational Agility and Nurses' Job Embeddedness.

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1 Infection control supervisor in the health management at Shebin El-Qanater

2 Professor of Nursing Administration- Faculty of Nursing- Benha University- Egypt

3 Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

10.21608/jnsbu.2025.458312

Abstract

Background: Organizational agility allows health care organizations to respond quickly to ongoing changes in the health care organizations. While job embeddedness reflects how strongly nurses are connected to their roles and organizations. Aim of the study: This study aimed to assess the relation between organizational agility and nurses' job embeddedness. Research design: A descriptive correlational design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted in all medical and surgical departments at Benha University Hospital. Subjects: A simple random sample of nurses who were working in the above-mentioned setting and consisted of 309. Tools for data collection: Two tools were used for data collection namely;Tool I) Organizational Agility Questionnaire and Tool II) Job Embeddedness Questionnaire. Results: More than two fifths (45.6%) of nurses had moderate levels of organizational agility and more than two fifths (47.1%) of nurses had high level of job embeddedness. Conclusion: There was a highly significant positive correlation between organizational agility and nurses' job embeddedness. Recommendations: Conducting conferences and workshops for all nurses to improve their skills and knowledge about organizational agility.

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