Exploring Interpersonal Justice via the Job Demands-Resources Framework: A Structural Equation Model of Nurse Work Engagement and Burnout in Japan.

Authors

Nicholas Raposo, Johan Vamstad, Dabin Hwang, Yayoi Saito, Anna Klarare

Published in

Journal of nursing management. Volume 2026. Issue 1. Pages e8900636.

Abstract

To examine the associations of interpersonal justice with work engagement and burnout among hospital nurses in Japan, and to test whether job satisfaction moderates these relationships.
A cross-sectional study using structural equation modeling (SEM), grounded in job demands-resources framework.
Survey data were collected between 2016 and 2017 from 2773 nurses across 10 Japanese hospitals. Interpersonal justice was operationalized using workplace fairness and gender equality indicators. Work engagement and burnout were measured using study-specific indicators. SEM was used to test direct and moderated pathways, with theoretically justified modifications to the measurement model resulting in acceptable fit (RMSEA = 0.052; CFI = 0.987; TLI = 0.976; SRMR = 0.023).
Interpersonal justice was independently associated with higher work engagement (β = 0.28, p < 0.001) and lower burnout (β = -0.28, p < 0.001). Job satisfaction also predicted both outcomes but did not moderate the effects of interpersonal justice. These findings suggest that fair and equal work environments support nurse well-being regardless of overall job satisfaction.
Interpersonal justice represents an important component of healthy work environments that may inform management interventions aimed at strengthening the nursing workforce in Japan and similar contexts.
Nurse managers and healthcare leaders can help promote nurse well-being by fostering fair and equal workplace interactions through transparent decision-making, equitable workload allocation and promotion practices, inclusive leadership, and mechanisms for addressing discrimination and unfair treatment. Such efforts may support higher work engagement, lower burnout, and a more sustainable nursing workforce.

PMID:
42667141
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 29 Aug 2026.

Read full publication at:
Please sign in to see all details.

Stats

1-terrible, 9-excellent. How would you rate this publication? Sign in in to submit your rating.

Post a comment

You need to be signed in to post comments. You can sign in here.

Comments

There are no comments yet.