Study on the relationship among narcissism, work engagement and turnover intention in nurses

VernacularTitle:护士自恋人格、工作投入和离职倾向的关系研究
Author: Yani SUN ¹ ; Feifei ZHANG ; Qun WANG
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1. 710038 西安，第四军医大学唐都医院呼吸科
Keywords: Nurses; Narcissism; Work engagement; Turnover intention; Mediating effect
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2016;22(33):4769-4771
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the relationship among narcissism , work engagement and turnover intention in nurses .Methods Data were collected from 348 nurses by self-report questionnaires including the narcissism scale , work engagement scale and turnover intention scale .Results The average scores of work engagement, narcissism and turnover intention in 348 nurses were (43.89±8.46) points, (52.34±10.63) points and (9.88±3.41) points.Correlation analyses indicated that nurses′turnover intention was positively related to narcissism and work engagement (r=0.24,-0.13;P <0.05).The path analysis showed that work engagement completely played an mediating role in the relationship between narcissism and turnover intention . Conclusions Work engagement functions as a bridge among the association between narcissism and turnover intention in nurses .