Similar professional standards link nurses together but healthcare professionals practise across a variety of areas and have different experiences of the workplace. It cannot be assumed that a positive experience in one setting will be replicated in another, even if it is in the same organisation. This article explores the factors that affect workplace culture and outlines the rudiments underpinning nurse engagement from a work perspective. It also analyses staff engagement in the health service sector by examining the status, certainty, autonomy, relatedness and fairness (Scarf) model, and demonstrates the relevance of this framework.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	article, health personnel attitude, human, job satisfaction, nursing staff, organization and management, personnel management, psychological aspect, public relations, self concept, workplace
Research Division:	Health Sciences
Research Group:	Nursing
Research Field:	Nursing not elsewhere classified
Objective Division:	Economic Framework
Objective Group:	Management and productivity
Objective Field:	Management and productivity not elsewhere classified
UTAS Author:	Walsh, K (Professor Kenneth Walsh)
ID Code:	91151
Year Published:	2013
Deposited By:	Health Sciences B
Deposited On:	2014-05-09
Last Modified:	2014-10-16
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