Linking Nurses’ Job Embeddedness and Self-Efficacy to Locus of Control

Abstract

Locus of control is associated with self-efficacy and job embeddedness which empowers individuals to feel confident in their decisions and engage in organizational activities. This topical review provides evidence for a proposed conceptual model to increase retention of nurses by linking locus of control, self-efficacy and job embeddedness. This approach may facilitate the process of hiring individuals who have an internal drive to be successful. Efforts to train those with an external locus of control to become more internally oriented may be possible and promote retention. Implications of including these concepts in nursing education may improve nursing leader awareness of how self-efficacy and job embeddedness, in association with locus of control, may improve nursing retention.

Effects of Communication Skills and Organisational Communication Satisfaction on Self-Efficacy for Handoffs among Nurses in South Korea

“…Furthermore, Eggins and Slade [40] indicated that the quality of handoffs relies on nurses' communication competence rather than the application of a standardised handoff tool. Such consistent findings can be supported by the concept of locus of control in selfefficacy [41,42]. That is, nurses' communication competence can be considered an internal locus of control as one of the personal factors influencing self-efficacy.…”

“…Individual nurses with a strong internal locus of control often have higher self-efficacy. They believe their actions can cause desired outcomes, so they are more likely to feel confident in their abilities to tackle challenges and achieve their goals [41].…”

“…These factors can be a strong external locus of control, decreasing handoff self-efficacy. External locus of control refers to individual beliefs about outcomes resulting from external factors such as other people's actions or self-uncontrolled environmental causes [41]. According to a recent integrated review of nurse-to-nurse handoffs, the most common types of interruptions and distractions were people (patient or family) and environmental factors (equipment alarm) [1].…”

The impact of authentic leadership on nurses’ locus of control and general self-efficacy during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…Therefore, it is possible to say that locus of control is a diagnostic variable revealing an individual's perspective of their position and environment as well as their function, rate, and impact on both successful events and failures in their life (Asgari and Vakilli, 2012). To this end, managers who prioritize employee locus of control and customize staff evaluations and ongoing education programs to match the individual requirements of their employees may foster an environment in which each employee may advance both personally and professionally (Gibbs, 2022).…”

“…Self-efficacy is expected to occur when a person has an internal locus of control, feels in charge of their decisions, and is committed to making them. If an internal locus of control serves as the foundation for relating decisions to something within the individual, one must consider how trust in internal self-directed activities can affect one's decision-making (Gibbs, 2022). Authentic leaders who have the capacity to transform and sustain an organization's success can impact such a premise.…”