Study on the mediating effect of career calling between nurses'job esteem and job satisfaction
ZHAI Qinghua
LI Xinjing
HAO Juanjuan
WANG Luming
CHEN Can
GUO Mengya
BIAN Lingling
WANG Dandan
Abstract：Objective To explore the mediating effect of career calling on the relationship between nurses'job esteem and job satisfac-tion.Methods A general information questionnaire,Job-Esteem Scale for Nurses in Hospital,Occupational Calling Scale,the Nursing Work-place Satisfaction Questionnaire were used to investigate a total of 484 nurses in a tertiary grade A hospital in Zhengzhou.Results The score of nurses'job esteem was(103.53±12.21),the score of career calling was(46.07±7.64),and the score of job satisfaction was(63.68±10.00).Nurses'job esteem,career calling and job satisfaction were positively correlated(r1=0.725,r2=0.741,r3=0.842,all P＜0.01).Career calling played a partial mediating effect between nurses'job esteem and job satisfaction,with an effect value of 0.503,accounting for 60.82%of the total effect.Conclusion Nurses'job satisfaction is at a medium level.Career calling is the mediating variable between nurses'job esteem and job satisfaction.It is suggested that nursing managers should focus on the construction of a job esteem atmosphere for nurses and stimulate the intrinsic motivation of nurses to improve nurses'job satisfaction and promote the development of the nursing career.
Keywords：nursejob esteemcareer callingjob satisfactionmediating effectnursing
Publication Date：2025-07-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 640-644 )