Exploring the mediating role of flexible working hours in the relationship of supervisor support, job and life satisfaction: A study of female nurses in China

• Main Authors: Oscar Dousin, Chen, Xi Wei, Bamini K. P. D. Balakrishnan, Chin, Michelle Chin Lee
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: RT89-120 Specialties in nursing
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32840/1/Exploring%20the%20mediating%20role%20of%20flexible%20working%20hours%20in%20the%20relationship%20of%20supervisor%20support%2C%20job%20and%20life%20satisfaction.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32840/2/Exploring%20the%20mediating%20role%20of%20flexible%20working%20hours%20in%20the%20relationship%20of%20supervisor%20support%2C%20job%20and%20life%20satisfaction1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32840/; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/nop2.1008; https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1008
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Aims: To examine the mediating role of flexible working hours on the relationship between supervisor support, job and life satisfaction among female nurses in China. Design: A cross-sectional, quantitative study was conducted with online survey questionnaires. Methods: Convenience sampling was implemented with 171 female nurses from two tertiary public hospitals in 2019.Results: The mediation analysis demonstrates that flexible working hours significantly and positively mediate the relationship between supervisor support to job (β= 0.775, p< .001) and life satisfaction (β= 0.745, p< .001). In addition, super-visor support and flexible working hours significantly and positively influence job (r= 0.520, p< .01; r= 0.520, p< .01) and life satisfaction (r= 0. 4 87, p< .01; r= 0. 4 87, p< .01). The study suggested that flexible working hours iarean indicator of what supervisor support (r= 0.656, p< .01) is to improve nurses’ job and life satisfaction. The study revealed that flexible working hours and supervisor support are crucial to female nurses who face high demands at both work and home.