OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (10): 1367-1372.

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Chain mediating effects of workplace spirituality and proactive behavior on occupational calling and occupational plateau of clinical front-line nurses

QIAN Xuemei1, GU Yongmei1, YAO Xiling2, SHEN Yujie3   

  1. 1. Department of Critical Medicine,Haian People's Hospital Affiliated to Nantong University,Nantong,Jiangsu 226600,China;
    2. School of Public Health,Nantong University,Nantong,Jiangsu 226007,China;
    3. Nursing Department of Ophthalmology,the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University,Nantong,Jiangsu 226006,China
  • Received:2024-07-29 Revised:2024-08-25 Online:2025-05-15 Published:2025-12-18

Abstract: Objective To understand the current status and relationship of workplace spirituality,proactive behavior,occupational calling and occupational plateau among clinical front-line nurses. Methods From November 2023 to February 2024,a total of 479 front-line clinical nurses from six tertiary general hospitals in Nantong City were selected as survey subjects by convenience sampling method. The questionnaire star,which includes self-made data questionnaire,occupational calling scale,workplace spirituality scale,proactive behavior evaluation form and occupational plateau scale were used for the survey and the data were analyzed. Results The occupational calling score of clinical front-line nurses was (37.78±5.47)points,the workplace spirituality score was (108.39±10.62)points,the proactive behavior score was (36.43±3.58)points and the occupational plateau score was (54.75±9.53)points. Correlation analysis showed that occupational calling,workplace spirituality and proactive behavior were negatively correlated with occupational plateau(all P<0.01). Workplace spirituality played a partial mediating role between occupational calling and occupational plateau,and the mediating effect was -0.127,accounting for 19.4% of the total effect. Proactive behavior played a partial mediating role between occupational calling and occupational plateau,and the mediating effect was -0.110,accounting for 16.8% of the total effect. Workplace spirituality and proactive behavior had a chain mediating effect between occupational calling and occupational plateau,and the chain mediating effect was -0.076,accounting for 11.6% of the total connection effect. Conclusion Occupational calling can not only directly affect the occupational plateau of clinical front-line nurses,but also indirectly affect the occupational plateau through the chain mediation effect of workplace spirituality and proactive behavior.

Key words: Clinical front-line nurses, Workplace spirituality, Proactive behavior, Occupational calling, Occupational plateau, Mediating effect

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