title: The impact of psychological capital on job burnout of Chinese nurses: the mediator role of organizational commitment.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nursing has a high risk of job burnout, but only a few studies have explored its influencing factors from an organizational perspective.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The present study explores the impact of psychological capital on job burnout by investigating the mediating effect of organizational commitment on this relationship.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 473 female nurses from four large general hospitals in Xi'an City of China were selected as participants. Data were collected via the Psychological Capital Questionnaire, the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, and the Organizational Commitment Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both psychological capital and organizational commitment were significantly correlated to job burnout. Structural equation modelling indicated that organizational commitment partially mediated the relationship between psychological capital and job burnout.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The final model revealed a significant path from psychological capital to job burnout through organizational commitment. These findings extended prior reports and shed some light on the influence of psychological capital on job burnout.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Fourth Military Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jiaxi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Fourth Military Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xihua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Fourth Military Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jiaxi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Fourth Military Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Runxuan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Fourth Military Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yunyun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Fourth Military Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Fourth Military Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Fourth Military Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Danmin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Miao
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires