Are the most dedicated nurses more vulnerable to job insecurity? Age-specific analyses on family-related outcomes

作者：Ruokolainen Mervi^*; Mauno Saija; Cheng Ting

来源：Journal of Nursing Management, 2014, 22(8): 1042-1053.

DOI：10.1111/jonm.12064

• age
• family-related well-being
• job dedication
• job insecurity
• nurses

AimTo examine the moderating roles of job dedication and age in the job insecurity-family-related well-being relationship. %26lt;br%26gt;BackgroundAs job insecurity is a rather permanent stressor among nurses nowadays, more research is needed on the buffering factors alleviating its negative effects on well-being. %26lt;br%26gt;MethodsA total of 1719 Finnish nurses representing numerous health care organisations participated in this cross-sectional study. Moderated hierarchical regression analysis was used to examine the associations. %26lt;br%26gt;ResultsNurses%26apos; younger age and low job dedication operated as protective factors against the negative effect of high job insecurity on parental satisfaction. The effect of job dedication on family-related well-being was also age-specific: high job dedication protected younger nurses from the negative effect of job insecurity on work-family conflict and parental stress, whereas among older nurses those who reported low job dedication showed better well-being in the presence of high job insecurity. %26lt;br%26gt;ConclusionsThe most job-dedicated nurses were more vulnerable to job insecurity in relation to parental satisfaction. In addition, high job dedication combined with high age implied more work-family conflict and parental stress in the presence of high job insecurity. %26lt;br%26gt;Implications for nursing managementManagers should seek to boost younger nurses%26apos; job dedication and to prevent older nurses%26apos; over-commitment.

• 出版日期2014-11