Personalidad y percepción de la creatividad en el trabajo sobre el engagement en enfermería / Personality and job creativity in relation to engagement in nursing

RESUMEN

La personalidad se ve integrada por una serie de atributos individuales caracterizados por cómo uno piensa, siente o actúa, influyendo en ella tanto factores endógenos, como exógenos. En este sentido, la personalidad presenta una influencia sobre diversos constructos, como la percepción sobre la creatividad en el trabajo y el engagement. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar el efecto de la personalidad y la percepción sobre la creatividad en el trabajo sobre el engagement en enfermería. Se evaluó una muestra de 1268 profesionales de enfermería, entre los 22 y 63 años. Para la recogida de datos se aplicaron diferentes instrumentos como el Big Five Inventory (BFI-10), la escala Creative Environment Perceptions (CEP), y la Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). Los datos obtenidos sugieren que el Neuroticismo se relaciona negativamente con la percepción de la creatividad y con el engagement, al igual que el factor Bloqueos a la creatividad no se vio relacionado con el engagement. Así, el personal de enfermería más creativo y comprometido con su trabajo presenta mayor estabilidad, menores niveles de ansiedad y tensión, así como menor número de dificultades ante las dificultades de la organización, mostrándose más entusiasmado y alegre y, consigo, siendo más competente y creativo ante la organización institucional de la que forma parte

ABSTRACT

Personality is made up of a set of individual attributes, which in interaction with both endogenous and exogenous factors, characterize how one thinks, feels and acts. From this perspective, in the work context, personality can be related with the perception of creativity and with engagement acquired on the job. The purpose of this study was to analyze the involvement of personality and perception of creativity on the job in engagement of nursing professionals. The sample evaluated was made up of 1268 nurses aged 22 to 63, of whom 85.3% were women and 14.7% men, with a mean age of 32.24 years (SD = 6.68) and 32.79 years (SD = 6.27), respectively. The instruments used to collect the data were the Big Five Inventory (BFI-10), the Creative Environment Perceptions Scale (CEP) and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). The mediation model confirmed that perception of creativity in the work context exerted a mediating role in the relationship between personality and engagement. In particular, the data confirmed that having a personality profile with high scores in all the personality dimensions except neuroticism, in addition to providing adequate characteristics for the job, favors creativity, which in turn, has a positive repercussion on engagement. This study presents important implications for professional practice, emphasizing the strong relationship between engagement and perception of creativity, a relationship which points toward improved engagement of nurses with their work, improving emotional stability and reinforcing the enthusiasm and inspiration for being more creative and competent with the institutional organization they are part of