Chain mediating role of motivation and work engagement between professional identity and job satisfaction among medical social workers

Abstract

Abstract: Objective To explore the impact of professional identity on job satisfaction among medical social workers and to analyze the mediating role of motivation and work engagement in professional identity and job satisfaction. Methods From October to November 2023,227 in-service medical social workers in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region were selected by a convenience sampling method,a cross-sectional survey was conducted using the job satisfaction scale,occupational identity scale,motivation scale,and work commitment scale to investigate them,and the data were analyzed. Results The scores of job satisfaction,professional identity,motivation,and work engagement of medical social workers in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region were （21.48±5.69）,（20.06±6.73）,（22.57±4.89） and（21.83±5.44）points,respectively. The job satisfaction was positively correlated with occupational identity,motivation,and work engagement（r=0.630,0.731,0.773,all P<0.01）,the occupational identity was positively correlated with motivation and work engagement（r=0.580,0.593,all P<0.01）,and the motivation was positively correlated with work engagement（r=0.762,P<0.01）.Both motivation and work engagement mediated between professional identity and job satisfaction,with the former having a mediation effect value of 0.112,accounting for 21.705% of the total effect,and the latter having a mediation effect value of 0.085,accounting for 16.473% of the total effect. The motivation and job engagement played a chain mediated role in the relationship between professional identity and job satisfaction of medical social workers,with a chained mediation effect value of 0.141,accounting for 27.326% of the total effect. Conclusion The medical social workers have an indirect effect on job satisfaction through the chain mediation of motivation and work engagement,which can positively predict the degree of job satisfaction.

Key words: Job satisfaction, Professional identity, Motivation, Job engagement

CLC Number:

R181.3⁺1

LU Liping, DING Haitao, JIA Bo, YAN Zhigang, ZENG Qiyu, DU Zhen. Chain mediating role of motivation and work engagement between professional identity and job satisfaction among medical social workers. [J]OCCUPATION AND HEALTH, 2025, 41(8): 1080-1083.

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