Associations Between Public Service Motivation, Depression and Anxiety Among Firefighters: A Chain Mediation Model of Employee Resilience and Job Satisfaction

IF 0.7 4区 管理学 Q4 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Hongbing Liu, Chunfu Guo, Ziqiang Han
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Abstract The Chinese firefighting system has been transferred from military soldiers to professional civil servants since the 2018 institutional reform, and they have become a critical component of the newly established Department of Emergency Management. Studies on firefighters in China are limited, and this study can contribute to our understanding of the mental health and influencing mechanisms of emergency management workforces like firefighters, particularly in the context of institutional reform and a shortage of disaster workforce worldwide. This study investigates the associations between public service motivation (PSM), employee resilience, job satisfaction, depression and anxiety (DA) in firefighters. A questionnaire survey of 776 firefighters from two provinces, one from the north and the other from the south, was conducted. Chain-mediated regression models were used to analyze the associations. The results demonstrate that firefighters with more PSM have significantly lower depression and anxiety (beta = −0.215, p < 0.001), higher degrees of employee resilience (beta = 0.946), and job satisfaction (beta = 0.633). Employee resilience and job satisfaction mediated the relationship between PSM and DA. Three indirect pathways were detected. First, a higher PSM is associated with higher employee resilience and lower DA. Second, a higher PSM is correlated with higher job satisfaction and lower DA. Third, the coefficients between PSM, employee resilience, job satisfaction, depression and anxiety are statistically significant. This paper provides a valuable contribution to the knowledge of human resource management and the well-being of the emergency management workforce.
消防员公共服务动机、抑郁、焦虑:员工弹性与工作满意度的链式中介模型
自2018年机构改革以来,中国消防系统已从军队士兵转移到专业公务员,他们已成为新成立的应急管理部的重要组成部分。中国对消防员的研究有限,本研究有助于我们了解消防员等应急管理劳动力的心理健康及其影响机制,特别是在机构改革和全球灾害劳动力短缺的背景下。本研究旨在探讨消防员的公共服务动机(PSM)、员工弹性、工作满意度、抑郁和焦虑(DA)之间的关系。对来自南、北两省的776名消防队员进行了问卷调查。链介导回归模型用于分析关联。结果表明,有更多PSM的消防员的抑郁和焦虑显著降低(β = - 0.215, p <0.001)、较高程度的员工弹性(beta = 0.946)和工作满意度(beta = 0.633)。员工弹性和工作满意度在PSM和DA之间起中介作用。检测到三种间接通路。首先,较高的PSM与较高的员工弹性和较低的DA相关。第二,较高的PSM与较高的工作满意度和较低的DA相关。第三,PSM与员工弹性、工作满意度、抑郁和焦虑之间的相关系数均具有统计学意义。本文为人力资源管理知识和应急管理工作人员的福祉提供了宝贵的贡献。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management publishes original, innovative, and timely articles describing research or practice in the fields of homeland security and emergency management. JHSEM publishes not only peer-reviewed articles, but also news and communiqués from researchers and practitioners, and book/media reviews. Content comes from a broad array of authors representing many professions, including emergency management, engineering, political science and policy, decision science, and health and medicine, as well as from emergency management and homeland security practitioners.
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