Open AccessEffects of Core Self-Evaluations on the Job Burnout of Nurses: The Mediator of Organizational Commitment
Author(s) -
Yifeng Zhou,
Jiamei Lu,
Xianmin Liu,
Pengcheng Zhang,
Wuying Chen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0095975
Subject(s) - organizational commitment , burnout , core self evaluations , mediation , psychology , affective events theory , job satisfaction , scale (ratio) , social psychology , cluster sampling , job attitude , applied psychology , job performance , nursing , clinical psychology , medicine , population , political science , environmental health , law , physics , quantum mechanics
Objective To explore the impact of Core self-evaluations on job burnout of nurses, and especially to test and verify the mediator role of organizational commitment between the two variables. Method Random cluster sampling was used to pick up participants sample, which consisted of 445 nurses of a hospital in Shanghai. Core self-evaluations questionnaire, job burnout scale and organizational commitment scale were administrated to the study participants. Results There are significant relationships between Core self-evaluations and dimensions of job burnout and organizational commitment. There is a significant mediation effect of organizational commitment between Core self-evaluations and job burnout. Conclusions To enhance nurses’ Core self-evaluations can reduce the incidence of job burnout.