Supervisory Career Support and Workplace Wellbeing in Chinese Healthcare Workers: The Mediating Role of Career Commitment and the Moderating Role of Future Work Self-Salience

Guangyi Xu, Zhen Li and Hongli Wang
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Guangyi Xu: School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Zhen Li: School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Hongli Wang: School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 10, 1-13

Abstract: In the context of the sustainability goals of organizations, there is a dilemma regarding enhancing healthcare workers’ career commitment and wellbeing, especially during the COVID-19 crisis. This study focuses on the underlying mechanism in the relationship between supervisory career support and employee wellbeing. Drawing upon the career motivation perspective, we investigate the mediating role of career commitment and moderating effect of future work self-salience (FWSS) in this relationship. Two-wave data were collected from a sample of 213 full-time healthcare workers from three public hospitals located in Southern China. Results in this study revealed that supervisory career support influences career commitment in health workers, which in turn enhances their wellbeing at the workplace. Moreover, the effect of supervisory career support on career commitment was found to be stronger for individuals with low FWSS compared to those with high FWSS. These findings also enlighten us on how to enhance employees’ career commitment and workplace wellbeing.

Keywords: supervisory career support; career commitment; future work self-salience; workplace wellbeing; healthcare workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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