Psychological Empowerment

• Psychological empowerment and Job Satisfaction between Baby Boomer and Generation X nurses by Amy M. Sparks

Particularly, nurses from the Baby Boomer generation and Generation X are evaluated during a non-experimental studying focusing on nurses’ Psychological Empowerment and Job Satisfaction, as nursing vacancies has increased in the nursing workplace. First, Sparks (2011) defines that the concept of Psychological Empowerment as a motivational construct established into four cognitions (Perceptions): Self-determination, meaning, competence, and impact (p. 452). Mainly the four cognitions of Psychological Empowerment relates to how nurses from the Baby Boomer generation and Generation X observe their workplace environment (Sparks, 2011, p. 453). Second, Job Satisfaction is link to burnout, intending to leave workplace, and turnover rate amongst Baby Boomer nurses and Generation X nurses (Sparks, 2011, p.

al. (2009) states that high labor employment of Baby Boomers is likely to decrease; largely due to Baby Boomers aging and seeking retirement from the workforce (p. 1). On the subject of workplaces, employers are realizing that as Baby Boomers get older in age, health concerns are also likely to follow. For example, a Baby Boomer’s health status is one of the key contributions of whether poor health forces him or her to consider early retirement. According to Musich et. al. (2009), “…Health status has been… reduced labor participation rates among those who report fair or poor health” (p. 3). For employers to increase labor employment of the Baby Boomer generation in the workplace, regarding Baby Boomers’ health issues, Health management programming benefits employees’ well-being in the workplace. For instance, the Health management programming helps employees of the Baby Boomer generation to manage his or her health by addressing his or her high-level of wellness to diagnosing diseases (Musich et. al., 2009, p.