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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Organizational Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1432328

Do emotional demands and exhaustion affect work engagement? The mediating role of mindfulness

Provisionally accepted
Merve Karahan Merve Karahan 1*Gözde Bozkurt Gözde Bozkurt 2Bumin Ç. Aksu Bumin Ç. Aksu 3Serdar Bozkurt Serdar Bozkurt 4Ayşe Günsel Ayşe Günsel 5Gülşah Gencer Çelik Gülşah Gencer Çelik 2
  • 1 Other, Izmir, Türkiye
  • 2 Beykent University, Büyükçekmece, Istanbul, Türkiye
  • 3 Gelisim University, Istanbul, Türkiye
  • 4 Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye
  • 5 Kocaeli University, İzmit, Kocaeli, Türkiye

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    The current paper seeks to elucidate the interrelationships among emotional demands (ED), emotional exhaustion (EE), mindfulness, and work engagement (WE), with an explanation of the mediating role of mindfulness within indicated relationships.Background: Nurses working in a stress-related environment face some emotional challenges.New methods such as mindfulness should be learned; therefore, positive outcomes occur along with new developments.Responses were received from nurses through a self-report questionnaire using the convenience sample technique. 429 nurses from health institutions in İstanbul participated in the study. The PLS-SEM technique was used to test the research model.Results: ED and mindfulness, EE and mindfulness, and mindfulness and WE relationships were found. While mindfulness was a mediator between EE and WE, it was not a mediator between ED and WE.It has been revealed that nurses cope with job-related challenges by being present at the moment with high awareness. Furthermore, mindful nurses also foster positive outcomes.Precautions should be taken because of the nursing shortage. It is better to provide mindfulness training to nursing students in schools before their professional lives. Implementing and using technologies might be helpful for nurses.

    Keywords: Emotional demands, Emotional exhaustion, mindfulness, work engagement, Nursing management

    Received: 13 May 2024; Accepted: 23 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Karahan, Bozkurt, Aksu, Bozkurt, Günsel and Gencer Çelik. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Merve Karahan, Other, Izmir, Türkiye

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