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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Occupational Health and Safety
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1503605
This article is part of the Research Topic Analysing Emotional Labor in the Service Industries: Consumer and Business Perspectives- Volume II View all 4 articles

Relationship between emotional labor strategies and the quality of work life of operating room nurses

Provisionally accepted
Li Li Li Li *Yingjuan Cao Yingjuan Cao Yinuo Sun Yinuo Sun Yue Li Yue Li Yonghua Zhai Yonghua Zhai Yan Yan Yan Yan
  • Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

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    Introduction: Emotional labor involves regulating one's emotional state at work to align with organizational expectations. For operating room (OR) nurses, emotional labor is an inherent part of their roles, with different strategies potentially impacting their work-related quality of life (WRQoL) in distinct ways. This study aimed to examine the relationship between emotional labor emotions were positively correlated with WRQoL (r = 0.291 and r = 0.457, respectively, P < 0.05).Multiple stratified regression analysis confirmed that emotional labor strategies significantly influenced WRQoL.Conclusions: Emotional labor strategies play a crucial role in shaping the WRQoL of OR nurses.Nursing managers should prioritize assessing nurses' emotional labor status and provide targeted guidance to promote positive strategies, such as deep acting and expressing naturally felt emotions.Such measures can enhance nurses' physical and mental well-being, ultimately improving their quality of work life.

    Keywords: Emotional labor, Work-related quality of life, Nurse, Quality of work life, Operating room

    Received: 01 Oct 2024; Accepted: 23 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Li, Cao, Sun, Li, Zhai and Yan. 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: Li Li, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

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