Organizational support enhances nurses' work-family enrichment: a person-context interactionist perspective

Hao Xu; Xiufang Zhao

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1392811

Organizational support enhances nurses' work-family enrichment: a person-context interactionist perspective

Front Psychiatry. 2024 May 1:15:1392811. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1392811. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Hao Xu^{1

2}, Xiufang Zhao^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Nursing, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
² Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

Abstract

Introduction: Attaining a favorable work-life balance is a complex and ongoing challenge in the nursing profession. According to a person-context interactionist perspective and the two-factor theory, this study investigated the underlying mechanism by which organizational support impacts work-family enrichment via protective factors (i.e., decent work) and depleting factors (i.e., burnout) among Chinese nurses.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional research design was utilized in this study, employing an online questionnaire as the primary method for data collection. The study included 355 nurses who completed a self-reported questionnaire designed to measure variables such as organizational support, decent work, burnout, work-family enrichment, and demographic information. The collected data were analyzed using a chain mediation model in PROCESS macro (Model 6).

Results: The findings of the analysis revealed that nurses reporting higher levels of organizational support also exhibited a greater sense of work-family enrichment. Moreover, the study identified indirect effects of organizational support on work-family enrichment, mediated by decent work and burnout.

Discussion: These findings suggest that targeted interventions aimed at promoting organizational support can contribute to the overall well-being and work-life balance of nurses.

Keywords: burnout; decent work; nurse; organizational support; work-family enrichment.

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This study was supported by grants from the Sichuan Science and Technology Program (2022YFS0268 to HX).