Psychological and Structural Empowerment on the Personal Initiatives of Nurses in a Level 2 Government Hospital

Abstract

This study utilized a quantitative descriptive–correlational research design to determine the levels of psychological empowerment, structural empowerment, and personal initiative among nurses in a Level 2 government hospital, and to examine the relationships among these variables. Data were gathered from nurse-respondents using standardized adopted questionnaires measuring psychological empowerment, structural empowerment, and personal initiative. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the levels of the variables, while Pearson r correlation was employed to test the significance of relationships. Findings revealed that nurses demonstrated very high levels of psychological empowerment, structural empowerment, and personal initiative. Further analysis showed significant positive relationships between psychological empowerment and personal initiative, and between structural empowerment and personal initiative. These results indicate that nurses who experience stronger empowerment, both internally and organizationally, tend to exhibit higher levels of proactive and self-starting behaviors at work. The study concludes that empowerment plays an important role in promoting personal initiative among nurses. Strengthening both psychological and structural empowerment may help sustain proactive nursing behaviors and improve organizational outcomes. A Professional Empowerment and Initiative Enhancement Blueprint was proposed to support empowerment-based nursing management practices.