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Abstract
Background: Recent research has demonstrated that burnout is considerably high among community pharmacists worldwide. Researchers call for conducting research to prevent burnout among community pharmacists and take action. The current work considers this call.
Objective: This study tries to understand how burnout can be reduced among community pharmacists. To this end, it aims to fill the gap in the literature by investigating the mediating role of occupational identification in the relationship between occupational self-efficacy and burnout among community pharmacists.
Methods: The unit of analysis in this study is the individual level. To test the research model, data were collected from community pharmacists registered with the 1st Region Istanbul Chamber of Pharmacists via Google Form between July and November 2023 using the survey method. The survey was answered by 432 participants, and 383 useable data were analyzed using the Smart PLS 4 analysis program.
Results: The analysis found that both occupational self-efficacy (β = -0.187, p = 0.000) and occupational identification (β = -0.805, p = 0.000) negatively affect burnout. Furthermore, the analysis results demonstrated that occupational self-efficacy positively affects occupational identification (β = 0.165, p = 0.001). Finally, the partial mediating role of occupational identification in the relationship between occupational self-efficacy and burnout was confirmed (β = -0.133, p = 0.001).
Conclusion: The present study showed that community pharmacists with strong occupational self-efficacy fully participate in their work and, thus, occupational commitment observed through occupational identification plays an essential role in protecting against burnout. Hence it is recommended that Faculties of Pharmacy, Pharmacists' Associations, and Provincial Chambers of Pharmacists develop training that will increase self-motivation on this issue in order to improve community pharmacists' occupational self-efficacy and occupational identification levels.
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Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy (RSAP) is a quarterly publication featuring original scientific reports and comprehensive review articles in the social and administrative pharmaceutical sciences. Topics of interest include outcomes evaluation of products, programs, or services; pharmacoepidemiology; medication adherence; direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medications; disease state management; health systems reform; drug marketing; medication distribution systems such as e-prescribing; web-based pharmaceutical/medical services; drug commerce and re-importation; and health professions workforce issues.
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