Teamwork and Physician Burnout: The Moderating Role of Perceived Organisational Support
Samuel Atingabili, Wenxin Wang, Isaac Adjei Mensah, Evelyn Agba Tackie, Isaac Ahakwa, Prince Owusu Sarkodie
Abstract
Burnout is an important issue which has attracted the attention of physicians and health practitioners. Several studies have reported the negative effect of physician burnout and the adverse effect it has on the individual and health institutions. This study therefore examined the moderating effect of perceived organizational support on the relationship between teamwork and physician burnout in the Chinese context. Using a survey data consisting of a sample of physicians from hospitals within the Jiangsu Province of China, we estimated three models in a hierarchical framework and identified that in the presence of respondent’s demographic characteristics as control variables, perceived organizational support, play a very vital role in improving teamwork while reducing burnout among physicians.