Mediating Effect of Employee Engagement in the Relationship Between Psychological Safety and Adaptive Performance of Nurses in Ghana
Year: 2026
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: There is attention to adaptive performance because it is crucial to employee success due to alterations in task demands resulting from changes in the work environment. Based on the employee engagement theory, we examined the relationship between psychological safety and adaptive performance through employee engagement. The sample size was 761 nurses. The sampling technique was multistage sampling. The analysis relied on the smart partial least square structural equation model. The results revealed that psychological safety promoted adaptive performance and employee engagement. Additionally, psychological safety significantly and positively predicted employee engagement. Moreover, employee engagement positively mediated the relationship between psychological safety and adaptive performance. Thus, nurses' positive feelings regarding freedom from the fear of harm to their careers and self-images at work generally enhance employee engagement, improving their abilities to respond to changing contingencies.
Source: Management in Review
DOI: 10.61282/mir.v4i1.57
Authors: Samuel Cudjor, Grace Taylor, Bertha Taylor
Institutions: Cape Coast Technical University, University of Leicester
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7203468486