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. 2021 May 19;18(10):5405.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105405.

Association of Organizational Behavior with Work Engagement and Work-Home Conflicts of Physician in China

Nannan Liu  1 , Yimei Zhu  2 , Xiaoyu Wang  1 , Hongwei Jiang  3 , Yuan Liang  1
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Association of Organizational Behavior with Work Engagement and Work-Home Conflicts of Physician in China

Nannan Liu et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

This study aimed to examine how organizational behavior is associated with work engagement (WE) and work-home conflicts (WHCs) of physicians. The data were from a national cross-sectional survey of 3255 Chinese physicians. We examined organizational fairness, leadership attention, and team interaction for organizational behavior. The results indicate that greater organizational fairness is associated with higher WE and lower WHCs. High task fairness was associated with greater pride, and more enjoyment in work, lower sense of guilt towards their family, and less complaints from family members. Physicians reporting higher levels of leaders' attention to their opinions reported experiencing more enjoyment of their work, and less effects on their care for family. A greater number of dinners with colleagues per month was associated with higher WE and lower WHCs, whilst a greater number of clinical case meetings per month was associated with higher WE and higher WHCs. The results suggest that the behavior of organizations could be an important intervention to improve the wellbeing of physicians.

Keywords: organizational behavior; physician; work engagement; work-home conflicts.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Organizational behavior with work engagement of physician. (a) High pride; (b) high pleasure.
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Organizational behavior with work-home conflicts of physician. (a) High effect on care for families; (b) high guilt towards families; (c) high complaints from families.
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Organizational behavior with work-home conflicts of physician. (a) High effect on care for families; (b) high guilt towards families; (c) high complaints from families.
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