The impact of workplace violence on job satisfaction, job burnout, and turnover intention: the mediating role of social support.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Workplace violence (WPV) is a global public health problem and has caused a serious threat to the physical and mental health of healthcare workers. Moreover, WPV also has an adverse effect on the workplace behavior of healthcare workers. This study has three purposes: (1) to identify the prevalence of workplace violence against physicians; (2) to examine the association between exposure to WPV, job satisfaction, job burnout and turnover intention of Chinese physicians and (3) to verify the mediating role of social support.

Methods

A cross-sectional study adopted a purposive sampling method to collect data from March 2017 through May 2017. A total of nine tertiary hospitals in four provinces, which provide healthcare from specialists in a large hospital after refer

SUBMITTER: Duan X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6543560 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature