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Psychological Capital Mediates the Association Between Perceived Organizational Support and Work Engagement Among Chinese Doctors

Background: As experts studying occupational health psychology know, low level of work engagement leads to higher turnover intentions. Some researchers have put a focus on the association between organizational support and work engagement. However, little has been done concerning the mediating effec...

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Autores principales: Yang, Shihan, Huang, Hao, Qiu, Tian, Tian, Fangqiong, Gu, Zhihui, Gao, Xuege, Wu, Hui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7256625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32528918
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00149
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author Yang, Shihan
Huang, Hao
Qiu, Tian
Tian, Fangqiong
Gu, Zhihui
Gao, Xuege
Wu, Hui
author_facet Yang, Shihan
Huang, Hao
Qiu, Tian
Tian, Fangqiong
Gu, Zhihui
Gao, Xuege
Wu, Hui
author_sort Yang, Shihan
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description Background: As experts studying occupational health psychology know, low level of work engagement leads to higher turnover intentions. Some researchers have put a focus on the association between organizational support and work engagement. However, little has been done concerning the mediating effect of psychological capital (PsyCap) on the association between perceived organizational support (POS) and work engagement (vigor, dedication, absorption) among Chinese doctors. Methods: A cross-sectional study has been carried out from November to December in 2017, in Liaoning Province, China. The questionnaire consists of Survey of Perceived Organizational Support, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Psychological Capital Questionnaire, and demographic and working variables. The self-administered questionnaires were distributed to 1,009 doctors. Effective responses were collected from 836 participants (82.85%). Hierarchical multiple regression and the asymptotic and resampling strategies were used to examine the association between POS and work engagement mediated by PsyCap. Results: After controlling the demographic and working variables, POS was positively related to vigor (β = 0.402, P < 0.01), dedication (β = 0.413, P < 0.01), and absorption (β = 0.373, P < 0.01). Psychological capital was positively associated with vigor (β = 0.442, P < 0.001), dedication (β = 0.413, P < 0.001), and absorption (β = 0.395, P < 0.001). Thus, PsyCap [a × b = 0.1895, bias-corrected and accelerated 95% confidence interval (BCa 95% CI) = 0.1524, 0.2290]; a × b = 0.1517, BCa 95% CI = 0.1180, 0.1875; a × b = 0.1693, BCa 95% CI = 0.1299, 0.2099] significantly mediated the association between POS and vigor, dedication, and absorption, respectively. Conclusion: There was a low level of work engagement among Chinese doctors. Perceived organizational support could indirectly improve vigor, dedication, and absorption, partially through mediator PsyCap. Perceived organizational support intervention, education, and training in PsyCap should be carried out to cope with work engagement.
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spelling pubmed-72566252020-06-10 Psychological Capital Mediates the Association Between Perceived Organizational Support and Work Engagement Among Chinese Doctors Yang, Shihan Huang, Hao Qiu, Tian Tian, Fangqiong Gu, Zhihui Gao, Xuege Wu, Hui Front Public Health Public Health Background: As experts studying occupational health psychology know, low level of work engagement leads to higher turnover intentions. Some researchers have put a focus on the association between organizational support and work engagement. However, little has been done concerning the mediating effect of psychological capital (PsyCap) on the association between perceived organizational support (POS) and work engagement (vigor, dedication, absorption) among Chinese doctors. Methods: A cross-sectional study has been carried out from November to December in 2017, in Liaoning Province, China. The questionnaire consists of Survey of Perceived Organizational Support, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Psychological Capital Questionnaire, and demographic and working variables. The self-administered questionnaires were distributed to 1,009 doctors. Effective responses were collected from 836 participants (82.85%). Hierarchical multiple regression and the asymptotic and resampling strategies were used to examine the association between POS and work engagement mediated by PsyCap. Results: After controlling the demographic and working variables, POS was positively related to vigor (β = 0.402, P < 0.01), dedication (β = 0.413, P < 0.01), and absorption (β = 0.373, P < 0.01). Psychological capital was positively associated with vigor (β = 0.442, P < 0.001), dedication (β = 0.413, P < 0.001), and absorption (β = 0.395, P < 0.001). Thus, PsyCap [a × b = 0.1895, bias-corrected and accelerated 95% confidence interval (BCa 95% CI) = 0.1524, 0.2290]; a × b = 0.1517, BCa 95% CI = 0.1180, 0.1875; a × b = 0.1693, BCa 95% CI = 0.1299, 0.2099] significantly mediated the association between POS and vigor, dedication, and absorption, respectively. Conclusion: There was a low level of work engagement among Chinese doctors. Perceived organizational support could indirectly improve vigor, dedication, and absorption, partially through mediator PsyCap. Perceived organizational support intervention, education, and training in PsyCap should be carried out to cope with work engagement. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7256625/ /pubmed/32528918 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00149 Text en Copyright © 2020 Yang, Huang, Qiu, Tian, Gu, Gao and Wu. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Yang, Shihan
Huang, Hao
Qiu, Tian
Tian, Fangqiong
Gu, Zhihui
Gao, Xuege
Wu, Hui
Psychological Capital Mediates the Association Between Perceived Organizational Support and Work Engagement Among Chinese Doctors
title Psychological Capital Mediates the Association Between Perceived Organizational Support and Work Engagement Among Chinese Doctors
title_full Psychological Capital Mediates the Association Between Perceived Organizational Support and Work Engagement Among Chinese Doctors
title_fullStr Psychological Capital Mediates the Association Between Perceived Organizational Support and Work Engagement Among Chinese Doctors
title_full_unstemmed Psychological Capital Mediates the Association Between Perceived Organizational Support and Work Engagement Among Chinese Doctors
title_short Psychological Capital Mediates the Association Between Perceived Organizational Support and Work Engagement Among Chinese Doctors
title_sort psychological capital mediates the association between perceived organizational support and work engagement among chinese doctors
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7256625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32528918
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00149
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