A Study to Determine the Correlation between Performance and Structural Empowerment among Staff Nurses in Selected Hospital at Puducherry

Background: Staff nurses account for a significant part of manpower expenditure in the hospitals. They also present serious problems for the hospital management in terms of motivation, absenteeism and turnover. Employee job performance is the fulfillment, gratification, and enjoyment that comes from work. It is not just the money or the fringe benefits, but the feelings. The hospital practice environment has a significant impact on nursing job satisfaction and patient outcomes. Every day nurses are challenged to do more with less, require completing more paperwork and charting and job satisfaction is threatened. Often time’s organizational change is introduced and implemented without consulting nurses causing friction among the organization and nursing personnel. Objectives: 1.To assess the performance of staff nurses. 2. To assess the structural empowerment among staff nurses 3. To determine the correlation between performance and structural empowerment among staff nurses. 4. To associate the performance and structural empowerment among staff nurses with the selected demographic variables. Method: A quantitative research approach was adopted. 50 nurses in selected hospital at Puducherry were selected for the study by using purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by using performance appraisal rating scale and checklist questionnaires for structural empowerment. Result: The study reveals that out of 100% of nurses 20% has excellent performance, 74% has good and 6% poor performance. The study reveals out of 100% of nurses 22% has excellent structural empowerment,74% has good structural empowerment, 4% has poor structural empowerment. The result shows the correlation value r = 0.715. Which lies as the 0<r