Impacts of 21st‑Century Time Traps, Time Management, and Mental Well‑Being on Job Performance in Nurses.
The rapid advancement of digital technologies in the 21st century has created new time traps that make time management difficult. Effective time management involves avoiding 21st-century time traps. Time management may enhance nurses' care quality, mental well-being and job performance. This study was conducted to examine the impact of the time traps of the 21st century, time management and mental well-being on nurses' individual job performance.
This cross-sectional study was conducted with 250 nurses working at a state hospital in Turkey. The data were collected using the 'Descriptive Characteristic Form', 'Modern Era Time Traps Scale', 'Time Management Scale', 'Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale' and 'Individual Job Performance Scale' and analysed using descriptive statistics, pearson correlation and multiple linear regression. The STROBE checklist was utilised for reporting.
Nurses were moderately caught in the modern era time traps. Nurses' time management skills were found to be at a moderate level, while mental well-being and individual job performance were found to be above average. A significant association was found between time traps of the modern era, time management, mental well-being and individual job performance (p < 0.001). The time traps of the modern era, time management and mental well-being together explained 35.6% of the total variance in job performance (Adjusted R2 = 0.356).
The study results demonstrate that as nurses improve their time management and mental well-being, their job performance is also enhanced. Nursing service managers need to recognise the importance of this relationship and develop practices that support time management and mental well-being to increase nurses' job performance.
This cross-sectional study was conducted with 250 nurses working at a state hospital in Turkey. The data were collected using the 'Descriptive Characteristic Form', 'Modern Era Time Traps Scale', 'Time Management Scale', 'Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale' and 'Individual Job Performance Scale' and analysed using descriptive statistics, pearson correlation and multiple linear regression. The STROBE checklist was utilised for reporting.
Nurses were moderately caught in the modern era time traps. Nurses' time management skills were found to be at a moderate level, while mental well-being and individual job performance were found to be above average. A significant association was found between time traps of the modern era, time management, mental well-being and individual job performance (p < 0.001). The time traps of the modern era, time management and mental well-being together explained 35.6% of the total variance in job performance (Adjusted R2 = 0.356).
The study results demonstrate that as nurses improve their time management and mental well-being, their job performance is also enhanced. Nursing service managers need to recognise the importance of this relationship and develop practices that support time management and mental well-being to increase nurses' job performance.