Coronavirus pandemic derived demands and inclusive leadership on junior doctors' well-being.

ABSTRACT:

Background

International studies have revealed that numerous challenges (e.g. job demands) and opportunities (e.g. job resources as protective factors) affect the well-being of healthcare workers.

Aims

Building on the job demands-resources theory, we explored how job-related demands and the role of inclusive leadership as a job resource influenced the well-being of junior doctors during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Methods

A cross-sectional web survey was conducted in July 2022 for 82 junior doctors who had experienced the 3-year COVID-19 pandemic. The survey captured their perceived physical, psychological and COVID-19-related job demands and the inclusive leadership behaviours exhibited by their clinical unit supervisors as job resources. Data w

SUBMITTER: Lin YK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11604120 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature