Effects of Personality Type on Burnout in Korean Clinical Nurses: Focus on Personality Type D Hye-Suk Song1, So-Hee Lim2,* 1Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medical Technology, 21, Chungjeong St., Dong-Gu, Daejeon, Korea 2Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Kyung Min University, 545, Seobu-ro, Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi-do *Corresponding Author: Lim, So-Hee, Department of Nursing, KyungMin University, 545, Seobu-ro, Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi-do, 11618, Korea, Phone: 82-31-828-7472; Fax: 82-31-828-7469, Email: sweetnurseme@naver.com
Online published on 13 November, 2019. Abstract This study is a descriptive investigative study conducted to identify the influential factors for burnout in relation to somatization symptoms, emotional labor, job satisfaction and turnover intention for personality type D nurses. Participants were 285 nurses working in general hospitals in a metropolitan area. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis was conducted in order to identify influential factors on burnout of study participants in relation to personality type D. As for type D, the explanatory power was 67% (F=78.56, p<.001). Somatization symptoms (β=.45) was the greater the effect on burnout. In addition, a higher level of emotional labor (β=.27) and turnover intention (β=.17) increased burnout, whereas high job satisfaction (β=-.19) decreased burnout. In order to reduce burnout of nurses, personality type D nurses need to be examined from a human resource management prospective and this approach must be followed by continuous attention and adequate management. Top Keywords Nurse, Personality, Intention, Job satisfaction, Burnout. Top |