OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (18): 2506-2511.

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Analysis on multiple mediation effect of work meaningfulness and proactive career behavior on relationship between future work self salience and job involvement among clinical nurses

AN Shasha, LI Shanhong, ZHENG Jun   

  1. Department of Periodontology,Beijing Stomatological Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University,Beijing 100050,China
  • Received:2025-01-13 Revised:2025-01-29 Online:2025-09-15 Published:2025-12-13

Abstract: Objective To investigate the current status of future work self salience,work meaningfulness,proactive career behavior,and job involvement among clinical nurses in a grade-A tertiary hospital in Beijing,explore the multiple mediating roles of work meaningfulness and proactive career behavior on the relationship between future job self clarity and job involvement. Methods From March to May 2024,a convenience sampling were used to select 324 clinical nurses from a grade-A tertiary hospital in Beijing. The investigation was performed by the general information questionnaire,future work self salience scale,work as meaning inventory,proactive career behavior scale and job involvement questionnaire,and the intermediary model was constructed and validated. Results The scores of future work self salience,work meaningfulness,proactive career behavior and job involvement among 324 clinical nurses were (20.76±4.38),(37.39±5.78),(47.66±8.70) and (37.83±6.30)points,respectively. The future work self salience,work meaningfulness,and proactive career behavior were all positively correlated with job involvement(r=0.527, 0.435,0.485,all P<0.01). The work meaningfulness and proactive career behavior had a multiple mediation effect on the relationship between future work self salience and job involvement,accounting for 29.6% of the total effect. Specifically,the work meaningfulness partially mediated the relationship between future work self salience and job involvement among clinical nurses,contributing 13.1% of the total effect. The proactive career behavior also partially mediated this relationship,contributing 9.3% of the total effect. Additionally,the work meaningfulness and proactive career behavior together formed a chain mediation effect,accounting for 7.2% of total effect. Conclusions The level of work involvement among clinical nurses in a grade-A tertiary hospital in Beijing is relatively high,and work meaning and proactive career behavior have a multiple mediation effect between future work self salience and work involvement. The nursing managers can enhance nurses' future work self salience and work meaning to promote proactive career behavior and increase work involvement.

Key words: Clinical nurses, Future work self salience, Work meaningfulness, Proactive career behavior, Job involvement

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