J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2016 Jun;22(3):260-269. 10.11111/jkana.2016.22.3.260.

A Study on the Mediating and Moderating Effect of Work-Family Conflict in the Relationship Among Emotional Labor, Occupational Stress, and Turnover Intention

• Na BJ
• Kim EJ

• KMID: 2326654
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2016.22.3.260

Abstract

PURPOSE
The present study was aimed to examine the degree of nurses' emotional labor and occupational stress and demonstrate the moderating and mediating effects of work-family conflict in the relationship among emotional labor, occupational stress, turnover intention of nurses.
METHODS
The participants for this study were 307 nurses currently working in two general hospitals in G city in Korea. Data were collected using structured questionnaires and analyzed for descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskal Wallis Test, Pearson correlation coefficients and hierarchical multiple regression with SPSS/WIN 21.0 program.
RESULTS
It turned out that work-family conflict plays an important role in the relationship among emotional labor, occupational stress, turnover intention of nurses.
CONCLUSION
Therefore, to reduce nurses' turnover intention, it is necessary to have an intervention focusing on work-family conflict. Also, it is necessary for both the government and hospitals to establish a supportive system and a program to relieve nurses from their work-family conflict.

Keyword

Nurse; Emotional stress; Stress; Personnel turnover; Conflict

MeSH Terms

Hospitals, General
Intention*
Korea
Negotiating*
Personnel Turnover
Stress, Psychological

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  Figure 1 Research model.

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