Live like an ant to eat sugar: nurses’ engagement in extreme work conditions and their perceptions of its ethicality
Mousa, Mohamed; Arslan, Ahmad; Cooper, Cary; Tarba, Shlomo (2023-07-22)
Taylor & Francis
22.07.2023
Mohamed Mousa, Ahmad Arslan, Cary Cooper & Shlomo Tarba (2024) Live like an ant to eat sugar: nurses’ engagement in extreme work conditions and their perceptions of its ethicality, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 35:2, 309-332, DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2023.2237877
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This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in The International Journal of Human Resource Management. Mohamed Mousa, Ahmad Arslan, Cary Cooper & Shlomo Tarba (2024) Live like an ant to eat sugar: nurses’ engagement in extreme work conditions and their perceptions of its ethicality, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 35:2, 309-332, DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2023.2237877. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in The International Journal of Human Resource Management. Mohamed Mousa, Ahmad Arslan, Cary Cooper & Shlomo Tarba (2024) Live like an ant to eat sugar: nurses’ engagement in extreme work conditions and their perceptions of its ethicality, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 35:2, 309-332, DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2023.2237877. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Abstract
Based on recent research on extreme work and social exchange theory, this paper presents a pioneering study focussed on public hospital nurses’ engagement in extreme work conditions and its associated ethical aspects. The empirical part comprises of 32 in-depth interviews conducted with nurses in four public hospitals in Egypt. Our findings highlight how a misunderstanding of religion, gender inequality, average education, and staff shortages are the main reasons of nurses’ engagement in intensive jobs. Moreover, poor physical and mental health, lack of time for personal commitments, and a sense of coercion emerged as aspects that raise questions regarding the (un)ethicality of nurses engaging in extreme work.
Based on recent research on extreme work and social exchange theory, this paper presents a pioneering study focussed on public hospital nurses’ engagement in extreme work conditions and its associated ethical aspects. The empirical part comprises of 32 in-depth interviews conducted with nurses in four public hospitals in Egypt. Our findings highlight how a misunderstanding of religion, gender inequality, average education, and staff shortages are the main reasons of nurses’ engagement in intensive jobs. Moreover, poor physical and mental health, lack of time for personal commitments, and a sense of coercion emerged as aspects that raise questions regarding the (un)ethicality of nurses engaging in extreme work.
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