Title: Vitality and well-being in nurses

Authors: David Hemsworth; Jessica Fuentes Plough; Anahita Baregheh; Alireza Khorakian; Jeffery Overall; Treva Reed; Laurie Peachey; Jonathan Muterera

Addresses: School of Nursing, Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario, P1B 8L7, Canada ' Entrepreneurship School, Anahuac Mayab University, Merida, Yucatan, 97302, Mexico ' School of Business, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON P1B 8L7, Canada ' Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario, P1B 8L7, Canada; University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK ' Faculty of Business and Information Technology, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, L1H 7K4, Canada ' School of Nursing, Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario, P1B 8L7, Canada ' School of Nursing, Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario, P1B 8L7, Canada ' School of Business, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON P1B 8L7, Canada

Abstract: Vitality and well-being of employees are attributed to productivity, employee performance, and quality of life. By considering the stressful and impactful service provided as healthcare workers, this research aims to establish whether a nurse's personal energy/vitality directly contributes to, and predicts their level of well-being. Data were collected from Mexico (n = 209) and Canada (n = 303) and structural equation modelling was employed for analysis. The findings revealed a strong positive relationship (γ_Canada = 0.72, γ_Mexico = 0.66) between the two constructs indicating that people with a high (low) level of personal energy will also experience a high (low) level of well-being. Having demonstrated the impact of personal energy on well-being, this research lays the foundations for a much larger framework that can examine the significance of individual mental health constructs and their ability to drain, maintain or potentially gain personal energy/vitality and ultimately their effect on well-being.

Keywords: personal energy; well-being; vitality; nurses; health system; wellness; Canada; Mexico.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2020.116797

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 2020 Vol.18 No.1/2, pp.73 - 94

Received: 15 Feb 2020
Accepted: 23 Nov 2020
Published online: 02 Aug 2021 *

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