Table 3.

Correlation analysis of nurses' work engagement with illegitimate tasks and workplace mindfulness (r, n = 1348).

Items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1. Unnecessary tasks	1.000
2. Unreasonable tasks	0.760∗∗	1.000
3. BITS total score	0.945∗∗	0.925∗∗	1.000
4. Awareness	−0.191∗∗	−0.228∗∗	−0.219∗∗	1.000
5. Attention	−0.239∗∗	−0.242∗∗	−0.253∗∗	0.743∗∗	1.000
6. Acceptance	−0.122∗∗	−0.145∗∗	−0.139∗∗	0.478∗∗	0.505∗∗	1.000
7. WMS total score	−0.214∗∗	−0.238∗∗	−0.237∗∗	0.848∗∗	0.862∗∗	0.807∗∗	1.000
8. Vigor	−0.255∗∗	−0.240∗∗	−0.265∗∗	0.487∗∗	0.560∗∗	0.421∗∗	0.575∗∗	1.000
9. Dedication	−0.306∗∗	−0.282∗∗	−0.312∗∗	0.448∗∗	0.534∗∗	0.392∗∗	0.539∗∗	0.832∗∗	1.000
10. Absorption	−0.196∗∗	−0.156∗∗	−0.188∗∗	0.351∗∗	0.444∗∗	0.326∗∗	0.435∗∗	0.725∗∗	0.779∗∗	1.000
11. UWES total score	−0.275∗∗	−0.245∗∗	−0.277∗∗	0.461∗∗	0.553∗∗	0.410∗∗	0.557∗∗	0.917∗∗	0.943∗∗	0.899∗∗	1.000

Abbreviations: BITS, Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale; UWES, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale; WMS, Workplace Mindfulness Scale.

^∗∗ p < 0.01.