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Does leadership style moderate the relationship between job demands, job resources and doctors' job performance?: Evidence from traditional Chinese medicine hospitals
| Resumo: | Over the past decade, the Chinese government has vigorously promoted the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospitals. However, in comparison to the rapid and effective diagnostic methods of Western medicine, TCM hospitals primarily rely on manual diagnostic techniques. As a result, their performance lags behind that of their Western counterparts. This paper aims to investigate the association between work demands (workload and emotional demands), work resources (salary levels and promotion opportunities), and doctors’ job performance in TCM hospitals through the lens of the Job Demands-Resources Model. Additionally, it examines the moderating effects of different leadership styles (transformational and transactional leadership) on doctors’ job performance. Using 958 valid questionnaires collected from 10 TCM hospitals in Guangdong Province, regression analysis revealed that (1) job resources (salary level and promotion opportunity) were positively associated with the work engagement of employees in TCM hospitals; (2) job demands (emotional demands and workload) were positively associated with burnout of employees in TCM hospitals; (3) work engagement played a mediating role between job resources (salary level and promotion opportunity) and job performance; (4) burnout played a mediating role between job demands (emotional demands and workload) and job performance; and (5) transformational leadership accentuated the relationship between job resources (salary level and promotion opportunity) and job performance. The findings of this research contribute to a deeper understanding of the challenges encountered by TCM hospitals. These results hold significant implications for policymakers and hospital administrators in areas such as human resource development and management, leadership styles, and the emotional demands of doctors. Furthermore, this study extends the application of the Job Demands-Resources Model to the context of TCM hospitals in China, thereby enriching the existing literature in this field. |
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| Autores principais: | Li Jianwei |
| Assunto: | Job Demands-Resources Model Job performance Traditional Chinese medicine hospitals Transformational leadership Transactional leadership Modelo Exigências-Recursos do Trabalho Desempenho profissional Hospital de medicina tradicional chinesa Liderança transformacional Liderança transacional |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | tese de doutoramento |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | ISCTE |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório ISCTE |
| Resumo: | Over the past decade, the Chinese government has vigorously promoted the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospitals. However, in comparison to the rapid and effective diagnostic methods of Western medicine, TCM hospitals primarily rely on manual diagnostic techniques. As a result, their performance lags behind that of their Western counterparts. This paper aims to investigate the association between work demands (workload and emotional demands), work resources (salary levels and promotion opportunities), and doctors’ job performance in TCM hospitals through the lens of the Job Demands-Resources Model. Additionally, it examines the moderating effects of different leadership styles (transformational and transactional leadership) on doctors’ job performance. Using 958 valid questionnaires collected from 10 TCM hospitals in Guangdong Province, regression analysis revealed that (1) job resources (salary level and promotion opportunity) were positively associated with the work engagement of employees in TCM hospitals; (2) job demands (emotional demands and workload) were positively associated with burnout of employees in TCM hospitals; (3) work engagement played a mediating role between job resources (salary level and promotion opportunity) and job performance; (4) burnout played a mediating role between job demands (emotional demands and workload) and job performance; and (5) transformational leadership accentuated the relationship between job resources (salary level and promotion opportunity) and job performance. The findings of this research contribute to a deeper understanding of the challenges encountered by TCM hospitals. These results hold significant implications for policymakers and hospital administrators in areas such as human resource development and management, leadership styles, and the emotional demands of doctors. Furthermore, this study extends the application of the Job Demands-Resources Model to the context of TCM hospitals in China, thereby enriching the existing literature in this field. |
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