Hiromasa Ida, Masako Miura, Masakazu Komoda, Naonori Yakura, Toshiki Mano, Tsutahiro Hamaguchi, Yoshihiko Yamazaki, Ken Kato and Kazunobu Yamauchi
The purpose of this paper is to describe the relationship between job stress, stress coping ability and performance among Japanese nurses.
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe the relationship between job stress, stress coping ability and performance among Japanese nurses.
Design/methodology/approach
Health risk and organization environment as job stress factors, sense of coherence (SOC) as stress coping ability and medical risk indicator and sickness‐absence days as a performance proxy were used to investigate the relationship between stress and performance. Length of professional experience also was included in the investigation.
Findings
The findings suggest a possibility that enriching nurses' professional experiences reduces medical risk. There is also a possibility that raising the SOC, while improving organization environment, contributes to reducing sickness‐absence.
Research limitations/implications
A cross‐sectional study of nurses in a single institution was used. In order to generalize the study's results, it will be necessary to conduct multi‐institutional longitudinal studies.
Originality/value
The present study shows key factors affecting medical risk and sickness‐absence leading to a reduced nursing performance.