ObjectivesThis study aimed to determine the potential association between core self-evaluation and the burnout syndrome among Chinese nurses, and the mediating role of coping styles in this relationship.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted in Shenyang, China, from May to July, 2013. A questionnaire which consisted of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS), the Core Self-Evaluation Scale (CSE), and the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (CSQ), was completed by a total of 1,559 nurses. Hierarchical linear regression analyses and the Sobel test were performed to determine the mediating role of coping styles on the relationship between CSE and burnout.ResultsNurses who had higher self-evaluation characteristics, reported less emotional exhaustion and cynicism, and higher professional efficacy. Coping style had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between CSE and the burnout syndrome among nurses.ConclusionsCore self-evaluation had effects on burnout and coping style was a mediating factor in this relationship among Chinese nurses. Therefore, the improvement of coping strategies may be helpful in the prevention of burnout among nurses, thus enhancing professional performance.

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Turnover is a costly problem for organizations, with severe consequences for individuals (Hom & Griffeth, 1995). Because turnover intentions are the best predictor of turnover (Griffeth, Hom, & Gaertner, 2000), our ability to explain and predict individual voluntary turnover decisions depends upon our understanding of the intentions-turnover relationship. Allen, Weeks, and Moffitt (2005) suggested that dispositional affectivity moderates this relationship. Using a sample of 443 U.S. insurance company employees and hierarchical moderator logistic regression, I found that dispositional affectivity (i.e., positive affectivity [PA] and negative affectivity [NA]) jointly moderated the turnover intentions-turnover relationship. As hypothesized, the positive relationship was strong when employees are high in PA and low in NA, signifying the presence of an approach system and the dormancy of an inhibition system (Watson, Wiese, Vaidya, & Tellegen, 1999), and weak for the other combinations. This study contributes to the turnover field by helping to explain the moderate strength and wide variance of the intentions-turnover relationship, and by suggesting a role for dispositional affectivity. Inclusion of the threeway interaction improved the substantive significance of a model with established turnover variables. This extends the traditional role of dispositional affectivity beyond a direct effects predictor, encouraging the field to pay greater attention to personality.

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