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The relationship between optimism and job satisfaction for Chinese specialist nurses: A serial‐multiple mediation model
Author(s) -
Zhang Ting,
Wei Qiang,
Ma Shaoyong,
Li Huiping
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
japan journal of nursing science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.363
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1742-7924
pISSN - 1742-7932
DOI - 10.1111/jjns.12334
Subject(s) - optimism , path analysis (statistics) , job satisfaction , psychology , coping (psychology) , medicine , clinical psychology , nursing , social psychology , statistics , mathematics
Aim This study aimed to examine the relationship between optimism, core self‐evaluations, positive coping strategies, and job satisfaction for Chinese specialist nurses. Methods A cross‐sectional design was used. Two hundred and seventy‐eight Chinese specialist nurses answered the Chinese Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, the Chinese Revised Life Orientation Test, the Chinese Core Self‐Evaluations Scale, and the Chinese Simplified Coping Style Scale. Descriptive analysis, independent‐sample T‐tests, one‐way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation analyses, and bootstrap method were conducted to analyze data. Results Total effect (c = 0.860, SE = 0.143, 95% CI 0.579–1.142) of optimism on job satisfaction was significant. The path through single mediation of core self‐evaluations (point estimate = 0.165; 95% CI 0.041–0.318), the path through the single mediation of positive coping (point estimate = 0.124; 95% CI 0.042–0.254), and the path through both mediators (point estimate = 0.033; 95% CI 0.005–0.085) were all statistically significant. The total indirect effect was also statistically significant (point estimate = 0.322; 95% CI 0.151–0.535). Conclusions This study concluded that optimism was first sequentially associated with core self‐evaluations and then associated with positive coping strategies, which was in turn related to job satisfaction of Chinese specialist nurses. Clinical nursing administrators should take measures that focus on improving specialist nurse job satisfaction to further improve their retention rates.