Perceived Organizational Support and Work Engagement of First-Line Managers in Healthcare – The Mediation Role of Feedback Seeking Behavior

Nadežda Jankelová, Zuzana Joniaková, Zuzana Skorkov&#x00E1Department of Management, Faculty of Business Management, University of Economics in Bratislava, Bratislava, SlovakiaCorrespondence: Zuzana Skorkov&#x00E1Department of Management, Faculty of Business Management, University...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:452801433dbe40ce9817b58764649abf2021-11-09T18:40:35ZPerceived Organizational Support and Work Engagement of First-Line Managers in Healthcare – The Mediation Role of Feedback Seeking Behavior1178-2390https://doaj.org/article/452801433dbe40ce9817b58764649abf2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/perceived-organizational-support-and-work-engagement-of-first-line-man-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JMDHhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2390Nadežda Jankelová, Zuzana Joniaková, Zuzana Skorkov&#x00E1Department of Management, Faculty of Business Management, University of Economics in Bratislava, Bratislava, SlovakiaCorrespondence: Zuzana Skorkov&#x00E1Department of Management, Faculty of Business Management, University of Economics in Bratislava, Dolnozemská Cesta 1, Bratislava, 852 35, SlovakiaTel +421 2 6729 5608Email zuzana.skorkova@euba.skBackground: First-line managers play a significant role in the management system of a health-care organization because they provide support and bridge for both senior management and their subordinates. Their work engagement becomes the foundation of facility functioning, encompassing both meeting organizational goals and the patient-centered care approach, but also meeting the expectations and needs of subordinate staff. The purpose of our study is to examine the relationship between perceived organizational support and work engagement of first-line health-care managers and the deeper mechanisms in the form of feedback seeking behavior that may positively influence this relationship.Methods: Data collection was carried out in the form of a questionnaire survey in the period February 2021. Respondents were first-level medical managers from different types of clinical areas and from all Slovak hospitals (221). The PLS-SEM method was used to analyze paths between variables and to analyze direct and indirect effects using SmartPLS 3.3 software.Results: The findings indicate a positive association of perceived organizational support and work engagement. Hypotheses about the mediation of the two components of feedback seeking behavior (monitoring and inquiring) have support in both their separate and joint mediation. At the same time, in joint mediation, a larger part of the indirect effect is transmitted by the feedback seeking behavior inquiring and thus represents a possible direction of interest for the top management of hospitals to strengthen the work engagement of their first-level managers not only for the purpose of their higher performance, but also of their job satisfaction.Conclusion: Perceived organizational support enhances the work engagement of first-line managers. However, the total effect is significantly higher when feedback seeking behavior is involved not only in monitoring, but especially in inquiring.Keywords: work engagement, perceived organizational support, feedback seeking behavior, Slovakia, hospitalsJankelová NJoniaková ZSkorková ZDove Medical Pressarticlework engagementperceived organizational supportfeedback seeking behaviorslovakiahospitalsMedicine (General)R5-920ENJournal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, Vol Volume 14, Pp 3109-3123 (2021)
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topic work engagement
perceived organizational support
feedback seeking behavior
slovakia
hospitals
Medicine (General)
R5-920
spellingShingle work engagement
perceived organizational support
feedback seeking behavior
slovakia
hospitals
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Jankelová N
Joniaková Z
Skorková Z
Perceived Organizational Support and Work Engagement of First-Line Managers in Healthcare – The Mediation Role of Feedback Seeking Behavior
description Nadežda Jankelová, Zuzana Joniaková, Zuzana Skorkov&#x00E1Department of Management, Faculty of Business Management, University of Economics in Bratislava, Bratislava, SlovakiaCorrespondence: Zuzana Skorkov&#x00E1Department of Management, Faculty of Business Management, University of Economics in Bratislava, Dolnozemská Cesta 1, Bratislava, 852 35, SlovakiaTel +421 2 6729 5608Email zuzana.skorkova@euba.skBackground: First-line managers play a significant role in the management system of a health-care organization because they provide support and bridge for both senior management and their subordinates. Their work engagement becomes the foundation of facility functioning, encompassing both meeting organizational goals and the patient-centered care approach, but also meeting the expectations and needs of subordinate staff. The purpose of our study is to examine the relationship between perceived organizational support and work engagement of first-line health-care managers and the deeper mechanisms in the form of feedback seeking behavior that may positively influence this relationship.Methods: Data collection was carried out in the form of a questionnaire survey in the period February 2021. Respondents were first-level medical managers from different types of clinical areas and from all Slovak hospitals (221). The PLS-SEM method was used to analyze paths between variables and to analyze direct and indirect effects using SmartPLS 3.3 software.Results: The findings indicate a positive association of perceived organizational support and work engagement. Hypotheses about the mediation of the two components of feedback seeking behavior (monitoring and inquiring) have support in both their separate and joint mediation. At the same time, in joint mediation, a larger part of the indirect effect is transmitted by the feedback seeking behavior inquiring and thus represents a possible direction of interest for the top management of hospitals to strengthen the work engagement of their first-level managers not only for the purpose of their higher performance, but also of their job satisfaction.Conclusion: Perceived organizational support enhances the work engagement of first-line managers. However, the total effect is significantly higher when feedback seeking behavior is involved not only in monitoring, but especially in inquiring.Keywords: work engagement, perceived organizational support, feedback seeking behavior, Slovakia, hospitals
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title Perceived Organizational Support and Work Engagement of First-Line Managers in Healthcare – The Mediation Role of Feedback Seeking Behavior
title_short Perceived Organizational Support and Work Engagement of First-Line Managers in Healthcare – The Mediation Role of Feedback Seeking Behavior
title_full Perceived Organizational Support and Work Engagement of First-Line Managers in Healthcare – The Mediation Role of Feedback Seeking Behavior
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