Author(s)

Samuel Atingabili¹, Wenxin Wang^1,2*, Isaac Adjei Mensah³, Evelyn Agba Tackie¹, Isaac Ahakwa¹, Prince Owusu Sarkodie¹

¹School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
²Department of Public Administration, Law School/Institute of Local Government Development, Shantou University, Shantou, China.
³Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IASA), School of Mathematics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.

Burnout is an important issue which has attracted the attention of physicians and health practitioners. Several studies have reported the negative effect of physician burnout and the adverse effect it has on the individual and health institutions. This study therefore examined the moderating effect of perceived organizational support on the relationship between teamwork and physician burnout in the Chinese context. Using a survey data consisting of a sample of physicians from hospitals within the Jiangsu Province of China, we estimated three models in a hierarchical framework and identified that in the presence of respondent’s demographic characteristics as control variables, perceived organizational support, play a very vital role in improving teamwork while reducing burnout among physicians.

Burnout, Perceived Organizational Support, Teamwork, Hierarchical Regression Analysis

Atingabili, S. , Wang, W. , Mensah, I. , Tackie, E. , Ahakwa, I. and Sarkodie, P. (2021) Teamwork and Physician Burnout: The Moderating Role of Perceived Organisational Support. Health, 13, 416-438. doi: 10.4236/health.2021.134034.