The Relationship between Medical Staff’s Emotional Labor, Leisure Coping Strategies, Workplace Spirituality, and Organizational Commitment during the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Vol. 19; no. 10; p. 6186
• Main Authors: Yuan, Ming-Zhu, Chen, Hsiang-Fei, Yang, Cheng-Chia, Chow, Tong-Hsien, Hsu, Chin-Hsien
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 19.05.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Coping; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Emotional intelligence; emotional labor; leisure coping strategies; workplace spirituality; organizational commitment; Emotions; Humans; Identity; Leisure; Leisure Activities; Medical Staff; Nursing; Pandemics; Participation; Patients; Post traumatic stress disorder; Spirituality; Workloads; Workplace; organizational commitment; workplace spirituality; leisure coping strategies; emotional labor
• ISSN: 1660-4601; 1661-7827; 1660-4601
• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19106186

Many medical issues have gradually emerged under the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has not only changed the medical culture but also tested medical staffs’ response abilities, emotional pressure, sense of identity, and belonging to the organization. The relationships among medical staffs’ emotional labor, leisure coping strategies, workplace spirituality, and organizational commitment during the COVID-19 pandemic are explored in this study. With medical staffs as the research subjects, a questionnaire survey was conducted using convenience sampling; a total of 360 questionnaires were distributed and 330 were returned, for a recovery rate of 91%. There were 300 valid questionnaires after 30 invalid questionnaires were excluded, for an effective recovery rate of 90%. SPSS and AMOS software were used for statistical analysis. According to the research results: (1) emotional labor had a significant effect on workplace spirituality, (2) workplace spirituality had a significant impact on organizational commitment, (3) emotional labor had a negative and significant impact on organizational commitment, (4) emotional labor had a significant impact on leisure coping strategies, and (5) the mediating effect of workplace spirituality between emotional labor and organizational commitment was not significant. Finally, relevant practical suggestions are provided based on the results of this study.