Abstract
The present study investigates the mediating effect of organizational commitment between emotional intelligence (EI) and mental health (MH). The participants of the study were 252 nurses working in six big districts of KPK (Peshawar, Mardan, Swat, Sawabi, Charsadda & Nowshehra), Pakistan. Data were collected through Organizational Commitment Scale (Meyer, Allen, & Smith, 1993), The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Zigmond & Snaith, 1983) and EI Scale (Wong & Law, 2002). Both EI and organizational commitment were significantly related to MH. The results of Structure Equation Modeling (SEM) explored that organizational commitment partially mediated the relationship between EI and MH. The final three factor model explored a significant path from EI to MH via organizational commitment. The findings discuss the effect of EI on MH.
Highlights
Emotional intelligence, organizational commitment and mental health (MH) play a vital role in health care organizations
The results of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), shown in Figure 1 explored that emotional intelligence (EI) had a significant negative impact on MH of nurses
The results revealed a significant positive path from EI to organizational commitment, a significant negative path from EI to MH, a significant negative path from organizational commitment to MH and a significant negative path from EI to MH through organizational commitment
Summary
Organizational commitment and MH play a vital role in health care organizations. In tempestuous working environment employees move heaven and earth to create and maintain best health care of patients with limited resources (Laschinger, Finegan, & Shamian, 2001). As hospitals are the main providers of health care services to patients, it is a critical research issue to attract and retain nurses (Tallman & Bruning, 2005). This study aims at investigating the relationship among emotional intelligence, organizational commitment, MH and the mediating impact of organizational commitment between emotional intelligence and MH of Pakistani nurses. Organizational commitment and MH are thought to have a significant impact on the performance of hospitals. Recent research has diagnosed that emotional intelligence affect the performance of organizations’ employees (Cote & Miners, 2006)
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