The Moderating Effects of Social Support between Emotional Labor and Job Satisfaction in Clinical Nurses.

Author: Hye Yul HAN ¹ ; Ji Young LEE ; Insun JANG
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1. Department of Nursing, Inje University Sanggye Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Publication Type:Original Article
Keywords: Emotional labor; Job satisfaction; Social support; Nurse
MeSH: Job Satisfaction*
From:Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing 2015;24(4):331-339
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:Korean
Abstract: PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the moderating effects of social support between emotional labor and job satisfaction in clinical nurses. METHODS: Participants were 311 clinical nurses and data were collected from July 11th to 18th, 2014. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and hierarchical multiple regression with SPSS 21.0. RESULTS: The job satisfaction indicated a significant relationship to surface-acting (r=-.191, p=.001), deep-acting (r=.179, p=.002) and social support (r=.342, p<.001) respectively. Emotional labor significantly affected job satisfaction (F=11.592, p<.001), and explained 5.4% of the variance in job satisfaction. The social support acted as a moderator on the relationship between emotional labor and job satisfaction at significant level (F=11.416, p<.001). CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that it is important to develop social support promoting and stress relief program for clinical nurses to improve job satisfaction.