“…Defined as the assistance and protection given to others, especially individuals (Langford, Bowsher, Maloney, & Lillis, 1997), social support drawn from colleagues, managers, friends and families is considered to be important for nurses to cope and deal effectively with different stressors in the work environment. A wide range of studies identified the positive effects of social support on nurses’ job satisfaction, work commitment, health and well‐being (Choi, 2018; Hu, Yu, Chang, & Lin, 2018). Adequate social support was also seen as vital to helping health care workers effectively manage stressful events, including emergency situations, disaster events and outbreak of infectious diseases (Kim & Park, 2017; Labrague, McEnroe Petitte, Leocadio, Van Bogaert, & Tsaras, 2018).…”