The protective role of self-efficacy against workplace incivility and burnout in nursing: A time-lagged study

Fida, Roberta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6733-461X, Spence Laschinger, Heather K. and Leiter, Michael P. (2018) The protective role of self-efficacy against workplace incivility and burnout in nursing: A time-lagged study. Health Care Management Review, 43 (1). 21–29. ISSN 0361-6274

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Abstract

Background: Incivility has negative consequences in the workplace and remains a prevalent issue in nursing. Research has consistently linked incivility to nurse burnout and, in turn, to poor mental health and turnover intentions. To retain high quality nurses it is important to understand what factors might protect nurses from the negative effects of workplace mistreatment. Purpose: This study investigated the role of relational occupational coping self-efficacy in protecting nurses from workplace incivility and related burnout and turnover intentions. Methodology: A two-wave national sample of 596 Canadian nurses completed mail surveys both at Time 1 and one year later at Time 2. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesized model. Results: The model showed a good fit and most of the hypothesized paths were significant. Overall, the results supported the hypothesized protective effect of relational occupational coping self-efficacy against incivility and later burnout, mental health, and turnover intentions. Conclusion: Relational occupational coping self-efficacy is an important protective factor against negative work behavior. Practice Implications: Organizations should provide nurses with opportunities to build their coping strategies for managing job demands and difficult interpersonal interactions. Similarly, providing exposure to effective role models and providing meaningful verbal encouragement are other sources of efficacy information for building nurses’ relational coping self-efficacy.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	self-efficacy,incivility,burnout,turnover,mental health,nursing work environment,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	26 Oct 2016 09:01
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 06:32
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61059
DOI:	10.1097/HMR.0000000000000126

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