Abstract: Objective: To analyze the mediating effect of clinical nurses' work engagement on perceived management care and person-organization fit, so as to provide reference and basis for managers to formulate management measures and improve the person-organization fit level of clinical nurses. Methods: Clinical nurses from 6 tertiary grade A general hospitals in Beijing and Hubei province were selected as subjects in November 2023 by convenience sampling method. General data questionnaire, person-organization fit scale, Caring Assessment Tool-administration and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale were used as investigation tools, and Amos 26.0 software was used to construct the mediation effect model. Results: A total of 1480 clinical nurses were investigated. The person-organization fit score was 183.74±25.89, the total score of perceived management care was 131.68±23.58, and the total score of work engagement was 51.49±10.96, all of which were positively correlated (P<0.05). Work engagement had a partial mediating effect between perceived management care and person-organization fit, and the mediating effect size was 0.112 accounting for 16.20% of the total effect. Conclusion: Work engagement is the mediating variable between perceived management care and person-organization fit. Nursing managers can stimulate the level of work engagement of nurses by improving their management care level and literacy, so as to improve the person-organization fit level of nurses.

Key words: nurse; work engagement; perceived management care; person-organization fit; mediating effect