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Moderating Effect of Social Support on Role Conflict and Job Satisfaction Among Nurses with Multiple Roles

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Registered nurses perform multiple roles in their lives at work, at home, and at school when they decide to pursue various types of advanced degrees. Work-family conflict was found to be negatively correlated with job satisfaction among nurses. This study aimed to determine the moderating effect of social support on the relationship between role conflicts and job satisfaction among registered nurses in mainland China. The study had a cross-sectional correlational design. Convenience sampling was applied to recruit 320 nurses with multiple roles from 8 nursing universities and 3 hospitals in China between January and August 2017. SPSS (version 20.0) software and PROCESS program was used to examine to moderating effect of social support between the relationship of role conflicts and job satisfaction. It was found that role conflicts were negatively correlated with job satisfaction. Support from work and support from family negatively moderated the relationship between role conflicts and job satisfaction. These findings suggest that support from family, coworkers and nursing administrators, and the implementation of school- and family-friendly policies would help nurses who are pursuing further nursing degrees to handle their multiple roles and improve their job satisfaction.

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Li, C., Song, R., Fan, X., XU, L.. 2020-01-14. Moderating Effect of Social Support on Role Conflict and Job Satisfaction Among Nurses with Multiple Roles. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.14.906263

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