The Mediating Role of Compassion between Social Job Resources, and Healthy Healthcare Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study with Gender Perspective

Mabel San Román-Niaves, Cristián Coo, Susana Llorens and Marisa Salanova
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Mabel San Román-Niaves: WANT Research Team, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castelló de la Plana, Spain
Cristián Coo: WANT Research Team, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castelló de la Plana, Spain
Susana Llorens: WANT Research Team, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castelló de la Plana, Spain
Marisa Salanova: WANT Research Team, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castelló de la Plana, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 12, 1-18

Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine the role of Compassion towards others as a mediator between Social Job Resources (social support climate, coordination, and positive leadership), Healthy Employees (psychological well-being such as resilience, engagement, and optimism) and Healthy Organisational Outcomes (in-role performance, extra-role performance and commitment) from a gender perspective in healthcare professionals. Through the multiple analyses of variance, structural equation models, and multiple-group analyses in a sample of 1420 healthcare professionals from different public and private hospitals in Spain, this study proved the existence of gender differences, with women perceiving higher levels of Compassion. Moreover, this study shows that Compassion partially mediates the relationship between Social Job Resources and Healthy Employees. In addition, Compassion partially mediates the relationship between Social Job Resources and Healthy Organisational Outcomes. Finally, Healthy Employees mediate the positive relationship between Social Job Resources and Healthy Organisational Outcomes. This is an innovative contribution to the limited research examining Compassion towards others as a personal resource that can have a positive impact in the workplace. The results also propose a way to develop and conduct interventions in order to increase Compassion towards others in the healthcare context.

Keywords: compassion; healthcare context; social resources; well-being; healthy employees; healthy outcomes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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