Influence of job demands on implicit absenteeism in Chinese nurses: mediating effects of work-family conflict and job embeddedness.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

It has been widely noted that implicit absenteeism is common among nurses, with job demand influencing it. Theoretically, work-family conflict and job embeddedness may help link job demands to implicit absenteeism. However, the mediating effects of the two on the association between job demands and implicit absenteeism remain unclear. Thus, this study aims to explore the association between nurses' job demands and implicit absenteeism, and the chain mediating effect of work-family conflict and job embeddedness in this relationship.

Patients and methods

Data were collected from 1,420 nurses from five tertiary public hospitals in China. They were asked to respond to a questionnaire asking about job demands, implicit absenteeism, work-family conflict, and job embeddedne

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10627013 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature