Aims and objectives: The present study was aimed at describing the status of job burnout and exploring the mediating roles of psychological capital and professional identity on the association between organisational justice and job burnout.Background: With the shortage of nurses all over the world, nurses' job burnout has become the focus of studies in recent years. However, limited published research has examined the mediating roles of psychological capital and professional identity on the association between organisational justice and job burnout within hospital contexts in China.
Design: A cross-sectional design.Methods: A total of 1,009 nurses were enrolled from a major general hospital located in Qiqihar City in the northeast of China from March-July 2018, and asked to complete questionnaires regarding organisational justice, psychological capital, professional identity and job burnout. The STROBE checklist was adhered to in this study.
Results:It was observed that the overall proportion of nurses with job burnout was 58.8%. All the correlations among organisational justice, psychological capital, professional identity and job burnout were statistically significant, with coefficients ranging between −0.487-0.863. Psychological capital and professional identity had indirect effects equal to −0.072 and −0.142, respectively, on the association between organisational justice and job burnout, taking up 13.7% and 26.9% of the total effect, respectively. The serial indirect effect of psychological capital and professional identity was −0.129, accounting for 24.5% of the total effect.
Conclusions:This study showed the necessity of addressing the status of job burnout among Chinese nurses. Psychological capital and professional identity may | 2913 REN Et al.
Aim
This study aimed at exploring the impact of professional identity and psychological reward satisfaction on subjective well‐being and clarifying the effect of psychological reward satisfaction on this relationship.
Background
People know little about the effect of psychological reward satisfaction on the relationship between professional identity and subjective well‐being.
Methods
A cross‐sectional survey was carried out on 1,009 nurses from Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province of China. Professional Identity Scale, Psychological Reward Satisfaction Scale and General Well‐Being Schedule were used to assess professional identity, psychological reward satisfaction and subjective well‐being, respectively. Associations were explored by using structural equation modelling.
Results
The subjective well‐being of 436 (43.2%) nurses was at low and moderate levels. After the adjustment of potential confounding factors, professional identity was still associated with subjective well‐being (B = 3.035, β = 0.215, p < .001). Professional identity (r = .308) and psychological reward satisfaction (r = .309) were positively correlated with subjective well‐being. Psychological reward satisfaction mediated the association between professional identity and subjective well‐being (effect = 0.114, p < .001).
Conclusion
This study suggested that the subjective well‐being of nurses should be improved by paying special attention to them and taking targeted support measures.
Implications for Nursing Management
Nursing managers can help enhance the professional identity of nurses by organising nursing education activities, and pay more attention to psychological reward satisfaction to improve the subjective well‐being of nurses.
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