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N AJ, David R, A K S, Singh S, Nigoti U. The moderating effects of perceived social worth and organizational virtuousness on the relationship between emotional labor, precarious work, and organizational commitment among ASHA workers in India. Acta Psychol (Amst) 2024; 248:104384. [PMID: 38981311 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Revised: 06/27/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024] Open
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Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) in India are the subjects of this study, which explores the complex relationships between emotional labor (EL) and unstable work environments and how these relationships affect organizational commitment (OC). The study also looked at how organizational virtuousness (OV) and perceived social value mediated the relationship between precarious work (PW), EL, and OC. This study included a total sample size of N = 467 ASHA personnel from a variety of healthcare settings. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to look at the moderating effects using the Hayes Process Macro. The findings suggest that there are noteworthy negative associations between EL, PW, and the OC of ASHA workers. Nevertheless, OV and perceived social worth (PSW) emerged as significant moderators. More precisely, elevated levels of PSW and OV mitigated the adverse effects of PW and EL on the OC of ASHA workers.
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- Akbar Jan N
- Associate Professor, Saveetha School of Management, Saveetha University, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Assistant Professor, OB & HR Area, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
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- Assistant Professor, Faculty of Human Resource Management and Soft Skills, ICFAI Business School (IBS) Hyderabad, The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (Deemed-to-be University), Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
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- Assistant Professor, PGDM Human Resource Management Department, Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi, Jharkhand 834001, India.
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- Research Scholar, OB & HR Area, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
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Zhang Y, Zhang L, Huang X, Cao H, Ma N, Wang P, Ji X. Emotional labour in nursing research: A bibliometric analysis. J Adv Nurs 2024. [PMID: 38738461 DOI: 10.1111/jan.16233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 03/24/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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AIM This study aims to conduct a comprehensive bibliometric analysis to explore the trajectory and thematic developments of emotional labour research in nursing. DESIGN Utilizing descriptive and bibliometric analysis techniques. METHODS The data analysis and graphical presentation were conducted using the Bibliometrix Package in R software. DATA SOURCES The Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database was searched on October 20, 2023. RESULTS From 1992 to 2023, 842 authors published relevant articles, yielding 779 author keywords. There has been a general upward trend in the number of articles published over the past 30 years, with an annual growth rate of 11.71%. Keyword co-occurrence cluster analysis revealed the main focus areas of research on emotional labour antecedents and consequences, regulatory modalities, training and education, as well as research methods and application scenarios. CONCLUSION Emotional labour significantly influences nursing staff's well-being and patient care outcomes. Effective management and education regarding emotional labour are crucial for enhancing nursing staff performance and patient care quality. Future research should focus on long-term effects, training efficacy, regulatory strategies across clinical settings, and innovative approaches to address current challenges. IMPACT This study provides valuable insights into the unique trajectory and thematic developments of emotional labour research in nursing. The findings underscore the importance of addressing emotional labour in nursing practice and education to improve patient care outcomes and nursing staff well-being. REPORTING METHOD Adherence to recognized bibliometric reporting methods, following relevant EQUATOR guidelines. NO PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION This study is based solely on existing literature and did not involve patients or the public in its design, conduct, analysis, interpretation, or preparation.
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- Yangchun Zhang
- Emergency Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Emergency Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Emergency Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Emergency Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Emergency Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Emergency Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Emergency Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Kim SM, Jo SJ. An Examination of the Effects of Job Insecurity on Counterproductive Work Behavior Through Organizational Cynicism: Moderating Roles of Perceived Organizational Support and Quality of Leader-Member Exchange. Psychol Rep 2024; 127:957-993. [PMID: 36154339 DOI: 10.1177/00332941221129135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Job insecurity can trigger cynical attitudes and ultimately lead to harmful behaviors in organizations under the current fast-changing business environment. Drawing on psychological contract theory, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between job insecurity and counterproductive work behavior (CWB) by focusing on the mediating role of organizational cynicism and moderating roles of perceived organizational support (POS) and leader-member exchange (LMX). The data used for the analysis came from a survey that targeted tourism-related industries in South Korea, and 296 responses were finally analyzed. We analyzed reliability, correlation, and mediation, and conducted confirmatory factor analysis, regression analysis, and moderation analysis using SPSS PROCESS macro v. 3.5, with AMOS v. 25.0. The key findings of this study are as follows. First, we found that job insecurity was positively related to CWB. Second, organizational cynicism mediated the relationship between job insecurity and CWB. Third, POS and LMX intensified the negative effects of job insecurity and organizational cynicism, affecting CWB. These results imply that employees with a high level of POS and LMX are likely to have opportunistic behaviors (e.g., abuse, absences, sabotage) by abusing the support and trust from their organizations. The implications for research and practice, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.
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- Su Min Kim
- Gachon University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Gachon University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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Pomaranik W, Kludacz-Alessandri M. Talent management and job satisfaction of medical personnel in Polish healthcare entities. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1146073. [PMID: 37564317 PMCID: PMC10409650 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1146073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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Background There is a mass exodus of qualified medical personnel in countries such as Poland. As a result, it is becoming increasingly important to study the satisfaction of medical personnel employed in public healthcare entities and the factors influencing this satisfaction. One such factor is the quality of talent management. Purpose The study aimed to assess the quality of talent management in Polish healthcare entities and its impact on the job satisfaction of medical personnel. The study also considered the impact of other demographic, organizational and behavioral factors on medical personnel satisfaction, such as social competencies, job mobility, orientation toward the patient, gender and education stage. Methods A questionnaire for healthcare professionals was used to collect data. A total of 747 respondents (506 defined as medical talent) participated in the survey. A 5-point Likert scale was adopted to assess job satisfaction and talent management practices. Reliability analysis was conducted to investigate the properties of this scale and the items that comprise it. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling. Results The survey showed that the quality of talent management in Polish healthcare institutions is not well assessed. Professional satisfaction of medical personnel working in Polish public healthcare entities depends mainly on talent management measured by talent motivation, talent development, employee appraisal and organizational culture. Among the factors that have a positive but smaller impact on job satisfaction are job mobility and the education stage. The impact of gender, patient orientation and social competence had the smallest but most significant impact on job satisfaction. Conclusion Healthcare organizations should improve their talent management strategy to meet healthcare professionals' current and future demands and improve their job satisfaction.
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Yanbei R, Dongdong M, Yun L, Ning W, Fengping Q. Does perceived organization support moderates the relationships between work frustration and burnout among intensive care unit nurses? A cross-sectional survey. BMC Nurs 2023; 22:22. [PMID: 36691018 PMCID: PMC9872303 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-023-01180-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses are at high risk of burnout and warranting attention. Existing literature found that work frustration was related to burnout, whilst perceived organization support influenced the association of work frustration with burnout. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of work frustration and burnout among ICU nurses, and to examine the moderating effect of perceived organization support in their relationship. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted with a convenience sample of 479 ICU nurses from several 3 tertiary hospitals during December 2021 to May 2022. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human services survey (MBI-HSS), National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) and perceived organization support Scale (POSS) were used to collect data. The PROCESS macro was performed to test the moderation effect of perceived organization support. RESULTS The total score of burnouts was (55.79 ± 17.20), the total score of work frustration was (7.44 ± 1.86). Burnout was positively correlated with work frustration (r = 0.301, P < 0.001) and negatively correlated with perceived organizational support (r = -0.430, P < 0.001). The moderation model analysis showed that perceived organizational support could moderate the relationship between work frustration and burnout (β = -0.111, ΔR2 = 0.011, P = 0.007). CONCLUSIONS The findings highlight the moderating role of perceived organizational support in the relationship between work frustration and burnout. Hence, interventions to reduce burnout among ICU nurses should consider targeting organizational support and work frustration.
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- Ren Yanbei
- Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, 107 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, 107 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, 107 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, 107 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, 107 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, 250012, China.
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Honda J, Sasaki A, Tsuda S, Matsuyama M, Morita K. Aspects of emotional labor of public health nurses engaged in interpersonal support. Nurs Open 2022; 10:1048-1059. [PMID: 36151710 PMCID: PMC9834533 DOI: 10.1002/nop2.1372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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AIM Clarifying the emotional labor of public health nurses while providing interpersonal support. DESIGN Qualitative descriptive study conducted using content analysis to clarify the aspect of emotional labor of PHNs regarding interpersonal support. METHODS Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 public health nurses employed by seven city governments in Japan. The data items obtained were categorized using deductive content analysis. RESULTS When attempting interpersonal support, PHNs showed the following aspects of emotional labor: (1) negative emotions towards residents and resident-focused emotions; (2) emotional rules based on duty performance, emotional rules based on fairness, emotional rules based on intimacy; (3) adaptive emotional regulation, maladaptive emotional regulations and (4) emotional expressions based on friendliness, emotional expressions based on calmness. CONCLUSION PHNs used adaptive emotional regulation in some cases and sometimes resorted to maladaptive forms. A system of support should be established to ensure the smooth and effective provision of interpersonal support.
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- Junko Honda
- Graduate School of Health Care SciencesTokyo Medical and Dental UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Graduate School of Health Care SciencesTokyo Medical and Dental UniversityTokyoJapan,Faculty of Medical Science and WelfareTohoku Bunka Gakuen UniversityMiyagiJapan
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- Graduate School of Health Care SciencesTokyo Medical and Dental UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Graduate School of Health Care SciencesTokyo Medical and Dental UniversityTokyoJapan
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Peng C, Chen Y, Zeng T, Wu M, Yuan M, Zhang K. Relationship between perceived organizational support and professional values of nurses: mediating effect of emotional labor. BMC Nurs 2022; 21:142. [PMID: 35668396 PMCID: PMC9169319 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-022-00927-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Objectives Perceived organizational support was a benefit for the work performance of nurses, which may affect emotional labor and the development of professional values. This study aimed to explore the relationship between nurses’ perceived organizational support and professional values, and investigate the mediating role of emotional labor. Methods This was a cross-sectional study. The study was conducted in 3 tertiary hospitals in Wuhan from October 2020 to January 2021. The data were collected by a questionnaire consisting of demographic characteristics, the Emotional Labor Scale for Nurses, the nurses’ Perceived Organizational Support Scale, and the Nursing Professional Values Scale (NPVS-R). A convenience sample of 1017 nurses responded to the questionnaire survey. Pearson’s correlation analysis was used to test the relationship between variables. Predictor effects were tested using hierarchical multiple regressions. The structural equation model (SEM) was used to test the mediation effect of emotional labor on the pathway from perceived organizational support to professional values. Results A positive moderate correlation was observed between the perceived organizational support and emotional labor (r = 0.524, P < 0.01), and a positive strong correlation was observed between perceived organizational support and professional values (r = 0.609, P < 0.01). Emotional labor and perceived organizational support were positive predictors of professional values (B = 0.531, 95%CI = 0.414 ~ 0.649; B = 0.808, 95%CI = 0.715 ~ 0.901, respectively). The association between perceived organizational support and professional values was mediated by emotional labor. Conclusions Results showed that perceived organizational support was positively related to nurses’ emotional labor, which was in turn associated with high professional values. For nurses, improving organizational support and training nurses to engage in emotional labor through providing multiple support systems, establishing appropriate incentive mechanisms, and training nurses to regulate emotions can be effective ways to promote nurses’ professional values. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12912-022-00927-w.
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- ChaoHua Peng
- Department of Nursing, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Nursing, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Nursing, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, China.
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- Department of Nursing, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Nursing, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- School of Nursing, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, 430030, China
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Ikhide JE, Timur AT, Ogunmokun OA. Journalists as first responders: a new perspective on emotional labour and initiative taking in crises. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2022.2032266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Juliet Eyore Ikhide
- Department of Business Administration, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, Turkey
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- Department of Business Administration, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, Turkey
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- Department of Business Administration, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, Turkey
- Rabat Business School, International University of Rabat, Rabat, Morocco
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Kim MN, Yoo YS, Cho OH, Hwang KH. Emotional Labor and Burnout of Public Health Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mediating Effects of Perceived Health Status and Perceived Organizational Support. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19010549. [PMID: 35010814 PMCID: PMC8744956 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 12/31/2021] [Accepted: 01/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to identify the mediating effects of perceived health status (PHS) and perceived organizational support (POS) in the association between emotional labor and burnout in public health nurses (PHNs). The participants were 207 PHNs convenience sampled from 30 public health centers and offices in Jeju, Korea. Data regarding emotional labor, PHS, POS, and burnout were collected between February and March 2021 using a structured questionnaire. Collected data were analyzed by Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. Burnout of PHNs was positively correlated with emotional labor (r = 0.64, p < 0.001) and negatively correlated with PHS (r = −0.51, p < 0.001) and POS (r = −0.51, p < 0.001). In the association between emotional labor and burnout, PHS (B = −1.36, p < 0.001) and POS (B = −0.42, p = 0.001) had a partial mediating effect. Reduction of burnout among PHNs requires not only effective management of emotional labor but also personal and organizational efforts to improve PHS and POS.
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- Mi-Na Kim
- College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Seoul 06591, Korea;
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- College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Seoul 06591, Korea;
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Nursing, College of Nursing and Health, Kongju National University, 56 Gongju-deahak-ro, Gongju-si 32588, Korea;
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- Department of Nursing, Suwon Science College, 288 Seja-ro, Hwaseong-si 18516, Korea;
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Xi Y, Zhou L, Wang Y. The Construction of Positive Social Psychology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring the Relationship Between Social Support and Peace of Mind Through a Three-Wave Longitudinal Cross-Lag Study. Front Psychol 2021; 12:631748. [PMID: 34764897 PMCID: PMC8576327 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.631748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a major global crisis that has infected public social mentality. Drawing on the concept of peace of mind (PoM), a culture-specific positive emotion construct developed in the Chinese cultural context, this study explored the ways to build a positive public social mentality in the time of the pandemic. PoM is indicative of a calm and stable emotional state marked by self-control and spiritual cultivation and is believed to align with the perceptions of subjective well-being in Chinese or eastern cultures. A three-wave cross-lag study using an online questionnaire survey was conducted on 107 employees in Chinese enterprises during the pandemic. The research findings suggest that social support had a significant positive time-cross effect on later PoM, i.e., social support-T1 had a significant predictive effect on PoM-T2 (β = 0.16, SE = 0.09, p < 0.05) and social support-T2 had a significant predictive effect on PoM-T3 (β = 0.38, SE = 0.19, p < 0.05), whereas PoM failed to show a positive time-cross effect on later social support, i.e., the predictive effects of PoM-T1 on social support-T2 (β = 0.04, SE = 0.07, p > 0.05) and of PoM-T2 on social support-T3 (β = 0.13, SE = 0.09, p > 0.05) were not significant. This study provided a dynamic picture of the construction of public social mentality in the time of public health emergencies and also contributed to the research on PoM antecedents.
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- Yiheng Xi
- Department of Labor and Human Relations, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
- Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China
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Agyemang CB. Emotional labour influences on psychological health: The moderating role of religiosity. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY IN AFRICA 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2021.1927352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Collins Badu Agyemang
- Department of Psychology, College of Humanities, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana
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Lartey JKS, Amponsah-Tawiah K, Osafo J. Emotional intelligence and perceived organizational support as predictors of emotional exhaustion among nurses and midwives. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WORKPLACE HEALTH MANAGEMENT 2021. [DOI: 10.1108/ijwhm-10-2020-0173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PurposeNavigating the physical and emotional conditions of patients on daily basis can be emotionally exhaustive, requiring health professional to regulate their emotions in order to provide quality healthcare. The present study set out to examine the consequential effect of emotional intelligence and perceived organizational support (POS) on emotional exhaustion of nurses and midwives in the Ghanaian context. The study also examined the effects of age and cadres of nursing and midwifery on emotional exhaustion.Design/methodology/approachThe study was quantitative in nature and employed the cross-sectional design in sampling respondents. The study was conducted in four public hospitals and two quasi-public hospitals in three main districts in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. A sample of 342 nurses and midwives were proportionately sampled from various health facilities. The sample constituted of staff nurses and midwives.FindingsThe study revealed that while age, cadres of nursing and midwifery and POS had consequential effects on emotional exhaustion, emotional intelligence failed to predict emotional exhaustion.Originality/valueFindings of the study draw the attention to the importance of organizational support in attenuating the emotional exhaustion associated with the nursing profession.
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Lartey JKS, Osafo J, Andoh-Arthur J, Asante KO. Emotional experiences and coping strategies of nursing and midwifery practitioners in Ghana: a qualitative study. BMC Nurs 2020; 19:92. [PMID: 33041657 PMCID: PMC7541208 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-020-00484-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background Emotional regulation forms an integral part of healthcare delivery. In the performance of the core duties of nursing and midwifery, health professionals are expected to enhance occupationally/organisationally required emotions. The purpose of this study is to explore. The meaning nurses and midwives give to emotional labour as well as the coping resources employed by these professionals in order to manage the emotional demands of their profession. Method A qualitative study was conducted using a semi-structured interview guide with fifteen (15) purposively selected nurses and midwives. Interviews were recorded and simultaneously translated and transcribed. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. Results Our findings showed that participants conceptualized emotional labour as display of rules. Sadness, abuse and bullying, poor incentivisation, emotional exhaustion and emotional mix bag were reported by the participants as emotional demands and deficits. Nurses and midwives coped with emotional labour through the use of five (5) main resources: psychological capital, routinisation of emotions, religious resources, social support and job security. Conclusion Nursing and midwifery professional duties are accompanied with emotional regulations which tend to have consequential effects on a myriad of work-related issues. Clinical healthcare training needs to intensify and equip professionals with the skills of regulating and managing their emotions since managing emotional demands are central to effective healthcare delivery.
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- Joshua King Safo Lartey
- Department of Organisation and Human Resource Management, University of Ghana Business School, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 84, Legon, Accra, Ghana.,Centre for Suicide and Violnece Research- (CSVR), Ghana, Republic of Ghana
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- Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 84, Legon, Accra, Ghana.,Department of Psychology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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Liu L, Wu D, Wang L, Qu Y, Wu H. Effort-Reward Imbalance, Resilience and Perceived Organizational Support: A Moderated Mediation Model of Fatigue in Chinese Nurses. Healthc Policy 2020; 13:893-901. [PMID: 32801964 PMCID: PMC7394598 DOI: 10.2147/rmhp.s259339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Fatigue undermines nurses' well-being and work performance worldwide. Work stress is a critical factor that causes nurses' fatigue, but the solutions are not well known. This study aimed to identify the moderated mediation model of fatigue involving effort-reward imbalance (ERI), resilience and perceived organizational support (POS) in Chinese nurses. METHODS In a cross-sectional investigation conducted in Liaoning Province of China, 996 nurses completed the self-administered measurements of fatigue, ERI, resilience and POS. Moderated mediation was tested using the PROCESS procedure. The "pick-a-point" method was adopted to assess conditional effect on fatigue. RESULTS The indirect effect of ERI on fatigue through resilience was significant (a×b = 0.119, BCa 95% CI: 0.094 to 0.146), indicating a partial mediation of resilience. POS moderated the association of resilience with fatigue (β = -0.056, p = 0.006). The higher the level of POS was, the stronger the resilience-fatigue association became. Thus, the mediating role of resilience in the ERI-fatigue association was gradually increased with the increase of POS level (low POS: 0.073; moderate POS: 0.095; high POS: 0.116). CONCLUSION Resilience could partially mediate the ERI-fatigue association. POS could act as a moderator that enhanced the association of resilience with fatigue. A moderated mediation model of fatigue was demonstrated in Chinese nurses. Managers should establish a balanced social reciprocity, and improve nurses' resilience and POS in order to decrease nurses' fatigue.
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- Li Liu
- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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- School of Fundamental Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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