Are You Tired of Working amid the Pandemic? The Role of Professional Identity and Job Satisfaction against Job Burnout
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. Professional Identity
2.2. Job Satisfaction
2.3. Job Burnout
2.4. Related Research
2.4.1. Job Satisfaction and Job Burnout
2.4.2. Professional Identity and Job Satisfaction
2.4.3. Professional Identity, Job Burnout, and Job Satisfaction
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Participants
3.2. Ethical Consideration
3.3. Instruments
3.3.1. Professional Identity Scale
3.3.2. Job Burnout Scale
3.3.3. Job Satisfaction Scale
3.4. Research Hypothesis
3.5. Data Processing
4. Results
4.1. Common Method Deviation Test
4.2. Descriptive Statistics and Correlation Analysis
4.3. Mediating Effect
5. Discussion
5.1. The Related Research on Professional Identity, Job Satisfaction, and Job Burnout
5.2. The Mediating Effect of Job Satisfaction
5.3. Research Model Analysis
6. Conclusions
7. Limitations
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Professional identity | 67.34 | 8.56 | 1 | ||
2. Job satisfaction | 21.61 | 5.38 | 0.68 *** | 1 | |
3. Job burnout | 52.04 | 2.29 | −0.55 *** | −0.61 *** | 1 |
Regression | Dependent Variable | Predictive Variable | R2 | β | T | F |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Equation (1) | Job burnout | Professional identity | 0.221 | −0.923 | −7.273 *** | 65.422 *** |
Equation (2) | Job satisfaction | Professional identity | 0.203 | 0.491 | 8.051 *** | 57.668 *** |
Equation (3) | Job burnout | Professional identity | 0.343 | −0.704 | −8.712 *** | 62.323 *** |
Job satisfaction | −0.462 |
Path | Direct/Intermediate Effect Value | 95% Bootstrap Confidence Interval | |
---|---|---|---|
BootLLCI | BootULCI | ||
Direct effect | |||
PI→JS | 0.49 | 0.73 | 0.51 |
PI→JB | −0.71 | −0.46 | −0.09 |
JS→JB | −0.46 | −0.35 | −0.11 |
Indirect effect | |||
PI→JS→JB | 0.49 × (−0.46) = −0.225 | −0.62 | −0.41 |
χ2 | df | χ2/df | RMSEA | NFI | IFI | CFI | GFI | AGFI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1217.086 | 457 | 2.663 | 0.061 | 0.951 | 0.966 | 0.957 | 0.956 | 0.962 |
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Chen, H.; Liu, F.; Pang, L.; Liu, F.; Fang, T.; Wen, Y.; Chen, S.; Xie, Z.; Zhang, X.; Zhao, Y.; et al. Are You Tired of Working amid the Pandemic? The Role of Professional Identity and Job Satisfaction against Job Burnout. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 9188. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249188
Chen H, Liu F, Pang L, Liu F, Fang T, Wen Y, Chen S, Xie Z, Zhang X, Zhao Y, et al. Are You Tired of Working amid the Pandemic? The Role of Professional Identity and Job Satisfaction against Job Burnout. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(24):9188. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249188
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Huaruo, Fan Liu, Liman Pang, Fei Liu, Tingting Fang, Ya Wen, Shi Chen, Zhiyao Xie, Xuehui Zhang, Yihong Zhao, and et al. 2020. "Are You Tired of Working amid the Pandemic? The Role of Professional Identity and Job Satisfaction against Job Burnout" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 24: 9188. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249188
APA StyleChen, H., Liu, F., Pang, L., Liu, F., Fang, T., Wen, Y., Chen, S., Xie, Z., Zhang, X., Zhao, Y., & Gu, X. (2020). Are You Tired of Working amid the Pandemic? The Role of Professional Identity and Job Satisfaction against Job Burnout. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(24), 9188. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249188