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KMID : 0607320170260010046
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Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2017 Volume.26 No. 1 p.46 ~ p.54
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Influence of Emotional Labor, Nursing Work Environment, and Self-efficacy on Happiness Index among National Psychiatric Hospital Nurses in Korea
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Song Eun-A
Heo Myung-Sun
An Hyo-Ja
Choi Jeong-Suk
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted to identify emotional labor, nursing work environment, self-efficacy and happiness index and address factors associated with happiness index to provide basic resources for national psychiatric hospital nurses' happiness at work.
Methods: Participants were 249 nurses working in 5 national psychiatric hospitals. They participated in the survey and data were collected from May 16 to July 30, 2016. Data were analysed using SPSS/WIN 22.0.
Results: Mean scores were nurses' emotional labor, 3.89, nursing work environment, 2.77, self-efficacy, 3.77, and happiness index, 3.52. There were significant differences on the happiness index for: department, type of work, career length, position and payment. Happiness index was influenced by self-efficacy, work environment and emotional labor. Explanatory power of these variables was 36.9%.
Conclusion: These results show that self-efficacy and work environment are important factors related to the happiness of the national psychiatric hospital nurses. Additionally, developing an effective program to facilitate self-efficacy of nurses and research studies to identify effects of such a program are required.
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KEYWORD
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Emotional labor, Workplace, Self-efficacy, Happiness
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