TY - JOUR AU - สิริวราวุธ, ธิดารัตน์ AU - วิเศษฤทธิ์, วาสินี PY - 2018/04/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A Study of Work Engagement of Generation Y Professional Nurse JF - Journal of The Royal Thai Army Nurses JA - J Royal Thai Army Nurses VL - 19 IS - 0 SE - Research Articles DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JRTAN/article/view/134437 SP - 197-205 AB - <p>The descriptive research design aimed at studying the work engagement of generation y professional&nbsp;nurses. The study was employed the Delphi technique. The subjects were composed of 21 experts divided&nbsp;into the following four groups: 1) four nursing administrators; 2) ten generation y professional nurses; 3) three&nbsp;human resource instructors and 4) four nursing instructors or nursing academics. The methodologies can&nbsp;be divided into three steps. Step 1 involved interviews with the experts about the characteristics of work&nbsp;engagement in generation y professional nurses. In Step 2, data were analyzed by using content analysis for&nbsp;developing the rating scale questionnaire. All of the items in the questionnaire were ranked for level of&nbsp;work engagement. In Step 3, data were analyzed by using median and quartile range for the development of&nbsp;a new version of the questionnaire. According to the research findings, the experts’ opinion had a consensus&nbsp;on work engagement in generation y professional nurses composed of 4 components and 33 items as follows&nbsp;1) intention (11 items) 2) dedication (6 items) 3) pride (7 items) 4) creativity (9 items). All of the items are&nbsp;important (Med = 4.50 -4.85, IR = 0.37 -0.98).</p> ER -