Study on the Formation Mechanism of Medical and Health Organization Staff’s Emergency Preparedness Behavioral Intention: From the Perspective of Psychological Capital

Huihui Wang, Jiaqing Zhao, Ying Wang and Yuxiang Hong
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Huihui Wang: School of Law and Public Administration, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, China
Jiaqing Zhao: School of Management, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Ying Wang: Enze Hospital of Taizhou Enze Medical Center (Group), Taizhou 318050, China
Yuxiang Hong: School of Management, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 16, 1-15

Abstract: Medical and Health Organization (MHO) staff’s emergency preparedness awareness and behaviors are essential variables that affect public health emergency response effectiveness. Based on the theory of psychological capital and the theory of planned behavior (TPB), this study discusses the mechanism of the psychological characteristics of MHO staff on their emergency preparedness behavioral intention (EPBI). To verify the research model, we conducted a web-based questionnaire survey among 243 MHO staff from China and analyzed the data using the structural equation modeling software, AMOS 24.0 (IBM, New York, United States). The empirical results reveal that psychological capital significantly affected cognitive processes theorized by TPB. This study suggests that the positive psychological capital of MHO staff should be developed and managed to improve their EPBI.

Keywords: psychological capital; theory of planned behavior; structural equation model; MHO staff; emergency preparedness behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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