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ArticleJournal of nursing management2026

The Moderating Role of Confucian Coping in the Job Demands-Resources Model in Chinese Tertiary Hospitals.

Mengzhu Deng, Aristides I Ferreira

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Mengzhu DengDepartment of Human Resource Management, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, No. 83 Zhongshan East Road Nangming District, Guiyang, Guizhou, China, 5055.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6548-1799
Aristides I FerreiraIscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Iscte-IUL) & Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL), Avenida das Forças Armadas, Lisboa, 1649-026, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8280-1623

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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UIDB/00315/2020Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital Talent Fund Project [2023]-26Health Commission of Guizhou Province gzwkj2025-174
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Abstract

backgroundMedical staff in Chinese tertiary hospitals experience excessive workloads, increasing burnout vulnerability. Traditional cultural resources may influence their job attitudes, but this area remains unexplored. PURPOSE: Based on the job demands-resources model, this study investigates how Confucian coping, as a personal culture resource, moderates the relationships among job demands, resources, engagement and burnout in Chinese medical staff.

methodsUsing an online self-administered survey, we collected data from 1653 medical staff members across 14 tertiary hospitals in China. Structural equation modelling was used to test the hypothesised moderating pathways.

resultsConfucian coping demonstrated a significant positive moderating effect on the job resources-job engagement relationship and a significant negative moderating effect on the job demands-job burnout relationship.

conclusionConfucian coping serves as a significant personal resource for medical staff, mitigating burnout by buffering job demands and enhancing engagement by amplifying job resources. ORIGINALITY: By employing empirical analysis with the job demands-resources model, this study unravels how medical staff draw on Confucian coping functions and provides a new theoretical perspective for further study of the influence of cultural and psychological factors.

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Burnout, ProfessionalConfucianismCoping SkillsAdultChinaFemaleHumansJob SatisfactionMaleMiddle AgedSurveys and QuestionnairesTertiary Care CentersWorkloadConfucian copinghealthcare professionalsjob burnoutjob demands–resources theoryjob engagementmoderating effect

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