J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs.  2017 Mar;26(1):46-54. 10.12934/jkpmhn.2017.26.1.46.

Influence of Emotional Labor, Nursing Work Environment, and Self-efficacy on Happiness Index among National Psychiatric Hospital Nurses in Korea

• Song EA
• Heo MS
• An HJ
• Choi JS

• KMID: 2397823
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2017.26.1.46

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to identify emotional labor, nursing work environment, self-efficacy and happiness index and address factors associated with happiness index to provide basic resources for national psychiatric hospital nurses' happiness at work.
METHODS
Participants were 249 nurses working in 5 national psychiatric hospitals. They participated in the survey and data were collected from May 16 to July 30, 2016. Data were analysed using SPSS/WIN 22.0.
RESULTS
Mean scores were nurses' emotional labor, 3.89, nursing work environment, 2.77, self-efficacy, 3.77, and happiness index, 3.52. There were significant differences on the happiness index for: department, type of work, career length, position and payment. Happiness index was influenced by self-efficacy, work environment and emotional labor. Explanatory power of these variables was 36.9%.
CONCLUSION
These results show that self-efficacy and work environment are important factors related to the happiness of the national psychiatric hospital nurses. Additionally, developing an effective program to facilitate self-efficacy of nurses and research studies to identify effects of such a program are required.

Keyword

Emotional labor; Workplace; Self-efficacy; Happiness

MeSH Terms

Happiness*
Hospitals, Psychiatric*
Korea*
Nursing*

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