The Effect of Weekend Activity on Employees’ Job Satisfaction with Mediating Role of Job Stress, Psychological Well-Being, and Job Self-Efficacy

Tahmasbiroshan, Neda; Arab Kalmeri, Mahbubeh

doi:10.22055/jiops.2023.43536.1348

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Rahedanesh Institute of Higher Education Babol, Babol, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22055/jiops.2023.43536.1348

Abstract

Introduction
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of weekend activity on job satisfaction with the mediating role of job stress, psychological well-being and job self-efficacy among nurses at Yahya Nejad Babol Hospital, Mazandaran Province.

Method
This research is descriptive-survey in nature and applied in terms of purpose and the
method of data collection is survey research method. The statistical population of this research consisted of nurses in Shahid Yaheinejad Hospital in Mazandaran province, with 182 nurses.
In order to determine the minimum required sample size, one class was calculated from
Krejcie and Morgan's table by stratified random sampling method of each education area, and 118 nurses were selected as the sample size but according to the ratio of the direction and rounding up, the total number of samples was 122 nurses. The standard questionnaire of Weekend activity Jeong et al. (2020), job stress Osipow & Spokane, (1987), psychological well-being Ryff et al. (2008), job self-efficacy Riggs & Knight (1994) and job satisfaction Smith et al. (1969). Structural validity, convergent validity and divergent validity were used to assess
validity, and combined reliability (CR) and Cronbach's alpha coefficient were used to calculate
reliability. To analyze the data, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were used.
Results
The results showed that weekend activity has a significant negative effect on job stress (t=30.76, β=-0.87), job stress has a significant negative effect on psychological well-being (t=59.02, β=-0.94) and job self-efficacy (t=2.36, β=-0.44). psychological well-being has a significant positive effect on job self-efficacy (t=2.37, β=0.43), and both psychological well-being (t=3.001, β=0.45) and job self-efficacy (t=2.54, β=0.42) have a positive significant positive effect on employee job satisfaction.

Discussion
According to the results that showed the importance of weekend activity on the emotional and behavioral reactions of employees in the workplace, it is therefore suggested that decisions be taken in order to provide conditions for nurses to spend the weekend with activities appropriate to their mood.

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The Effect of Weekend Activity on Employees’ Job Satisfaction with Mediating Role of Job Stress, Psychological Well-Being, and Job Self-Efficacy

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