Nurses’ Perception of Work-Environment Uncertainty and Readiness for Organizational Change

Aishah Alsolami, Nursing Administration, Hera General Hospital, Makkah Health Cluster, Makkah 24231, Saudi ArabiaFollow
Hanan Alkorashy, Nursing Administration and Education Department, Nursing College, King Saud University, Riyadh 12271, Saudi ArabiaFollow
Mysara Alfaki, Nursing Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif 26511, Saudi ArabiaFollow
Ahmed Alkarani, Nursing Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif 26511, Saudi ArabiaFollow

ORCID ID

Aishah Alsolami : 0000-0002-3442-8705

Hanan Alkorashy : 0000-0002-1073-8813

Mysara Alfaki : 0000-0001-5458-8047

Ahmed Alkarani : 0000-0002-1117-5581

Abstract

Background: Healthcare organizations have a dynamic work-environment that changes constantly. This study aimed to explore whether there is a relationship between work-environment uncertainty and nurses’ readiness to participate in organizational change.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at two tertiary hospitals. The sample size was 222 nurses. A self-report questionnaire was adopted, translated to Arabic, and used for collecting data; it consists of three scales, personal data sheet, organizational readiness for implementing change scale, and perceived environmental uncertainty in hospitals scale. Descriptive statistics t-test and analysis of variance were used to analyze the data.

Results: The level of agreement with the change efficacy statements with the total mean percentage of nurses’ readiness for organizational change (change efficacy) was 67.0%, and it was slightly higher than the commitment statements, in which the total mean percentage of nurses’ readiness for organizational change (change commitment) was 64.2%. In addition, one of the work-environment uncertainty dimensions, which is the individual attribute (need for information), positively correlated with the organizational readiness to change.

Conclusions: The organizational readiness to implement organizational change is high. Environmental complexity was highly perceived among nurses as one of the work-environment uncertainty dimensions. An organizational environment considering employee characteristics must be developed to improve their knowledge, skills, and attitude to adapt to change and uncertainty.

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Recommended Citation

Alsolami A, Alkorashy H, Alfaki M, Alkarani A. Nurses’ Perception of Work-Environment Uncertainty and Readiness for Organizational Change. Makara J Health Res. 2023;27.