OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2026, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (12): 1642-1648.

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Analysis on chain mediating role of job crafting and thriving at work in relationship between occupational future time perspective and innovative behavior among nurses

XIA Xiaoli1, TANG Jian2, XIAO Lu2, CHENG Jie1, LIN Xue1, ZHANG Daiying2()   

  1. 1 School of NursingSouthwest Medical University,LuzhouSichuan 646000, China
    2 Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical UniversityLuzhouSichuan 646000, China
  • Received:2025-04-24 Revised:2025-07-27 Online:2026-06-15 Published:2026-06-18
  • Contact: ZHANG Daiying,E-mail:893388397@qq.com

Abstract:

Objective To explore the chain mediating role of nurses' job crafting and thriving at work between occupational future time perspective and innovative behavior,provide a basis for improving nurses' innovation behavior. Methods The nurses from four tertiary hospitals in Sichuan Province from January to February 2025 were selected by the convenient sampling method. Totally 392 nurses were investigated by the general data questionnaire,the occupational future time perspective scale,the job crafting scale,the thriving at work scale,and the innovative behavior scale. And the data were analyzed. Results The scores of occupational future time perspective,job crafting,thriving at work,and innovative behavior among 392 nurses were (31.58±5.82),(75.67±11.55),(50.31±8.20) and (31.51±8.61)points,respectively. The innovative behavior was positively correlated with occupational future time perspective(r=0.520,P<0.01),job crafting(r=0.640,P<0.01),and thriving at work(r=0.583,P<0.01). The Job crafting and thriving at work played a chain mediating effect between occupational future time perspective and innovative behavior,and the mediating effect value was 0.026(95%CI:0.011-0.044),accounting for 5.73% of the total effect value. Conclusions The occupational future time perspective can directly affect innovative behavior,and can also indirectly affect innovative behavior through the chain mediation effect of job crafting and thriving at work. The nursing managers can enhance the innovative behavior of nurses by improving their level of occupational future time perspective and promoting job crafting and thriving at work.

Key words: Nurses, Occupational future time perspective, Job crafting, Thriving at work, Innovative behavior, Chain mediation

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