Evolving HRM Practices: How Mindfulness and Psychological Well-Being Interventions Address Mental Health Challenges among Nurses in Three Public Hospitals within the Polokwane Local Municipality, South Africa

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18311366

Mosutoa Monyai (Department of Human Resource Management and Labour Relations, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, Limpopo, South Africa)

In South Africa, nurses carry the responsibility of providing health care services to all communities. It is, therefore, crucial that the healthcare service provides quality service to those who need it. Some of the human resources management factors that may help improve quality healthcare service are to ensure the mindfulness and psychological well-being of nurses. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mindfulness and psychological well-being on job performance among nurses in three public hospitals within the Polokwane Local Municipality. The study will follow a positivism paradigm. A quantitative approach will be followed, using a cross sectional design. The population of the study will comprise of 1287 nurses which include, professional and assistant nurses from all three public hospitals in Polokwane Municipality. A purposive sampling method will be utilised to select the three hospitals. A stratified random sampling method will be used to select participants. A minimum recommended sample size of 297 nurses from the two strata of professional nurses and assistant nurses will be used. This will be determined by the Raosoft sample size calculator. A self-administered questionnaire will be used to solicit data. Descriptive statistics will be used to describe and summarise the demographic information of respondents and the levels of the nurse’s mindfulness, psychological well-being, and job performance. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient will be used to specify the relationship between mindfulness, psychological well-being, and job performance. A multiple linear regression analysis will also be used to determine the prediction between the study variables. This analysis will be done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26, with Hayes Process add-in software for mediation.