AUTHOR=Pohl Sabine , Djediat Abdel , Van der Linden Jan , Closon Caroline , Galletta Maura 

TITLE=Work engagement, emotional exhaustion, and OCB-civic virtue among nurses: a multilevel analysis of emotional supervisor support

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=14

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1249615

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1249615

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Introduction</title><p>This study investigates the moderating role of supervisor emotional support at the group level on the relationship between emotional exhaustion and work engagement with organizational citizenship behavior-civic virtue (OCB-civic virtue) at the individual level among nurses.</p></sec><sec><title>Method</title><p>A cross-sectional study was carried out on 558 nurses nested in 36 working units from two hospitals in Algiers. A multilevel analysis using Hierarchical Linear Modeling was performed.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results show that the positive effect of work engagement on OCB-civic virtue was moderated by supervisor emotional support at group level. The nurses emotional exhaustion and OCB-civic virtue negative relationship at the individual level is buffered by supervisor emotional support at group level.</p></sec><sec><title>Discussion</title><p>In consequence, supervisor emotional support experienced by the team has an influence on the emotional exhaustion and work engagement OCB-civic virtue relationship.</p></sec>