title: Effects of core self-evaluations on the job burnout of nurses: the mediator of organizational commitment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the impact of Core self-evaluations on job burnout of nurses, and especially to test and verify the mediator role of organizational commitment between the two variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  Random cluster sampling was used to pick up participants sample, which consisted of 445 nurses of a hospital in Shanghai. Core self-evaluations questionnaire, job burnout scale and organizational commitment scale were administrated to the study participants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There are significant relationships between Core self-evaluations and dimensions of job burnout and organizational commitment. There is a significant mediation effect of organizational commitment between Core self-evaluations and job burnout.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To enhance nurses' Core self-evaluations can reduce the incidence of job burnout.
authors.affiliation: Education Science College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China; Education Department, Nanjing Normal University Taizhou College, Taizhou, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yangen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Education Science College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jiamei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Education Department, Nanjing Normal University Taizhou College, Taizhou, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xianmin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Education Science College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Pengcheng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Education Science College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wuying
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
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