J Nurs Manag. 2026;2026(1):e1459619. doi: 10.1155/jonm/1459619.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Medical staff in Chinese tertiary hospitals experience excessive workloads, increasing burnout vulnerability. Traditional cultural resources may influence their job attitudes, but this area remains unexplored.
PURPOSE: Based on the job demands-resources model, this study investigates how Confucian coping, as a personal culture resource, moderates the relationships among job demands, resources, engagement and burnout in Chinese medical staff.
METHODS: Using an online self-administered survey, we collected data from 1653 medical staff members across 14 tertiary hospitals in China. Structural equation modelling was used to test the hypothesised moderating pathways.
RESULTS: Confucian coping demonstrated a significant positive moderating effect on the job resources-job engagement relationship and a significant negative moderating effect on the job demands-job burnout relationship.
CONCLUSION: Confucian coping serves as a significant personal resource for medical staff, mitigating burnout by buffering job demands and enhancing engagement by amplifying job resources.
ORIGINALITY: By employing empirical analysis with the job demands-resources model, this study unravels how medical staff draw on Confucian coping functions and provides a new theoretical perspective for further study of the influence of cultural and psychological factors.
PMID:41915299 | DOI:10.1155/jonm/1459619
