Effects of Core Self-Evaluations on the Job Burnout of Nurses: The Mediator of Organizational Commitment

OBJECTIVE To explore the impact of Core self-evaluations on job burnout of nurses, and especially to test and verify the mediator role of organizational commitment between the two variables. METHOD Random cluster sampling was used to pick up participants sample, which consisted of 445 nurses of a hospital in Shanghai. Core self-evaluations questionnaire, job burnout scale and organizational commitment scale were administrated to the study participants. RESULTS There are significant relationships between Core self-evaluations and dimensions of job burnout and organizational commitment. There is a significant mediation effect of organizational commitment between Core self-evaluations and job burnout. CONCLUSIONS To enhance nurses' Core self-evaluations can reduce the incidence of job burnout.