Abstract
The nursing profession is a much-demanded profession that requires the individual capacity to work under intense physical and emotional dynamics in the workplace. Work related factors cause burnout and need attention from scholars and professionals to reduce the effects of the burnout among nursing staff. This study aimed to examine the meditational role of psychological empowerment and work-life quality on the burnout experiences of nursing staff in Malaysia. This study investigated a sample of 432 nursing staff from 10 registered hospitals in the Selangor area that have been listed on the Malaysian Health Tourism Council (MHTC) website. The responses collected via a self-reported questionnaire, and the data was analyzed using partial least square regression structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The findings statistically support the argument that the provision of quality of work-life (adequate and fair compensation, constitution in the work organization, safe and healthy working conditions, social integration in the work organization, social relevance of work-life, and work and life span) could promote psychological empowerment among nurses. Psychological empowerment statistically resulted in reducing the burnout effects by mediating the effect of work-life quality (QWL) on burnout. This study contributes to the literature that QWL factors need to be studied separately, and its affects on psychological empowerment, and how psychological empowerment permits curtails the effects of the burnout among nursing staff providing the services to health tourists. This study also provided important implications for the management staff of the nursing industry to initiate the management of burnout with the provision of psychological employment. The present study contributed to the current literature of burnout management through the psychological empowerment provided by the factors of the quality of work life.
Highlights
The highly demanding nature of work experienced by nursing professionals makes it one of the most stressful professions
The results reveal that safe and healthy working condition is not mediated by psychological empowerment for the burnout (β = 0.027, p = 0.255)
For the invaluable services rendered by the nursing professionals to the society, it is necessary that they are provided the necessary working conditions to reduce burnout symptoms
Summary
The highly demanding nature of work experienced by nursing professionals makes it one of the most stressful professions. The stressful nature of the nursing profession requires them to possess high physical and emotional resilience to tackle work-related issues so they can perform better at work [1]. The burnout reduces the amount of efforts by the nursing staff at the workplace, and they show emotional distance in their work. Psychological empowerment can reduce stress and bring positive changes in the working environment of the nurses [6]. QWL is a combination of eight work characteristics in the workplace to achieve psychological empowerment. Good health services delivery is associated with nursing staff that were provided better QWL to enhance psychological empowerment in reducing the effects of burnout [3]
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