The relationship between autonomy, optimism, work engagement and organisational citizenship behaviour among nurses fighting COVID-19 in Wuhan: a serial multiple mediation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

High levels of organisational citizenship behaviour can enable nurses to cooperate with coworkers effectively to provide a high quality of nursing care during the outbreak of COVID-19. However, the association between autonomy, optimism, work engagement and organisational citizenship behaviour remains largely unexplored. This study aimed to test if the effect of autonomy on organisational citizenship behaviour through the mediating effects of optimism and work engagement.

Study design

This was a cross-sectional study.

Setting

The study was conducted in the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital in China.

Participants

In total, 242 nurses who came from multiple areas of China to work at the Wuhan Jinyintan hospital during the COVID-19 epidemic participated in this

SUBMITTER: Zhang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7490927 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature