Abstract

ObjectiveTo 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.MethodRandom 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.ResultsThere 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.ConclusionsTo enhance nurses’ Core self-evaluations can reduce the incidence of job burnout.

Highlights

  • Job burnout is a state of mental and physical exhaustion caused by work-related stress [1,2]

  • Results of the correlation between each dimensional variable of core self-evaluation and each dimensional variable of organizational commitment are shown in table 1

  • A significant positive correlation exists between the total points of core selfevaluation and the point of organizational commitment (p, 0.001)

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Introduction

Job burnout is a state of mental and physical exhaustion caused by work-related stress [1,2]. Maslach and Jackson defined it as long-term stress response of an individual to prolonged exposure to emotional and interpersonal stressors at work, which encompass emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment [3]. In 1997, using Packer’s core evaluation theory as reference, American scholar Judge, et al extracted four core traits with relatively large correlations: selfesteem, generalized self-efficacy, neuroticism, and locus of control [4]. According to Judge et al.’s research in 1999, core selfevaluation has a positive correlation with salary, vocational commitment, and the ability to cope with organizational changes [9]. A large body of research supports the relationship between organizational commitment and job burnout [10]. Significant correlations were found between Core selfevaluations and organizational commitment [4,9]

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