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FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.810378
Keywords
COVID-19; job stress; state anger; emotional exhaustion; turnover intentions; social exchange theory; nurses; Pakistan
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- project of Hangzhou Normal University [4045C5021820443]
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Based on the social exchange theory, this study examines the relationship between job stress, state anger, emotional exhaustion, and job turnover intention among nurses during COVID-19. The findings indicate that COVID-19-related job stress and state anger significantly influence nurses' turnover intentions, and emotional exhaustion mediates this relationship. This study contributes to the existing research by addressing the impact of COVID-19-related job stress and state anger on nurses' turnover intentions in a developing country like Pakistan. The findings have implications for hospital management and health policymakers.
Based on the social exchange theory, the aim of this study is to identify the association between job stress state anger, emotional exhaustion and job turnover intention. This study postulates that job related stress and state anger among nurses during COVID-19 subsequently leads to their job turnover intentions. In addition, the study also aims to see the mediating role of emotional exhaustion between COVID-19-related job stress, state anger, and turnover intentions. The sample of this study is gathered from 335 registered nurses working in Pakistani hospitals dealing with COVID-19-related patients. The interrelationships between variables are checked by using structural equation modeling through AMOS. Key findings confirm that COVID-19-related job stress and state anger had a significant effect on nurses' turnover intentions. Furthermore, emotional exhaustion mediated the relationship between COVID-19-related job stress, state anger, and turnover intentions. There is a lack of research which has assessed the impact of Novel COVID-19-related job stress and state anger on nurses' turnover intentions in hospitals, providing empirical evidence from a developing country-Pakistan. This study offers managerial implications for hospital management and health policymakers. Moreover, nursing managers need to pay attention to nurses' turnover intentions who are facing the issue at the front line as patients receive their initial treatment from nurses in the COVID-19 outbreak.
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