Volume 29, Issue 5, 2020
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.1007
The Effect of Person-Job Fit on Nurses' Engagement in the Context of COVID-19: The Mediating Role of Exemplary Role of Heroes in Harm’s Way
Abstract
Objective: to understand the status quo of nurse's person-job fit, nurse's engagement, and nurses' attitude towards the exemplary role of heroes in harm’s way. To explore the relationship between person-job fit and nurses' engagement under the background of COVID-19, and the mediating role of the exemplary role of heroes in harm’s way. In the context of COVID-19 and other major public health emergencies, it provides countermeasures for strengthening the matching degree between nurses and their work and enhancing nurses' engagement, so as to provide theoretical support for further demonstrating exemplary role of heroes in harm’s way during the COVID-19 and major public health emergencies. Methods: in August 2020, 639 nurses were investigated with person-job fit scale, model demonstration scale and engagement scale. Results: person-job fit positively affected nurses' engagement and its dimensions, and the exemplary role of heroes in harm’s way mediated the relationship between them. Conclusion: The degree of understanding and influence of the heroes in harm’s way is different, and the influence degree of each variable is also different; the higher the level of person-job fit of nurses, the higher the degree of nurses' engagement. The exemplary role of heroes in harm’s way will mediate the relationship between the two.
Keywords
COVID-19; Person-Job Fit; Engagement; Exemplary Role of Heroes in Harm’s Way; Mediating Role