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. 2026 Oct 19;14:1961368. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1961368

Table 3.

Meta-analysis results of influencing factors of job crafting among nurses.

Influencing factor Group Number of studies Heterogeneity test Effect model Meta-analysis results
I2(%) p value Pooled effect size (95% CI) Pooled r (95% CI) p value Z value
Education level junior college degree or below / bachelor’s degree or above 4 29 0.24 FE SMD = −0.30 [−0.42, −0.19] 5.30 <0.00001
Professional titles nurse practitioner and below / senior nurse practitioner and above 4 96 <0.00001 RE SMD = −0.48 [−1.03, 0.07] 1.72 0.09
Years of work experience ≤10 years / >10 years 3 95 <0.00001 RE SMD = −0.16 [−0.65, 0.32] 0.66 0.51
Night-shift frequencies ≤6 times / >6 times 2 42 0.19 FE SMD = 0.29 [0.18, 0.40] 5.25 <0.00001
Employment types permanent / non-permanent 3 0 0.52 FE SMD = 0.56 [0.40, 0.72] 6.92 <0.00001
Self-efficacy - 3 99 <0.00001 RE Fisher’ Z = 0.70 [0.34, 1.06] Pooled r = 0.60 [0.33, 0.79] 3.82 0.0001
Professional identity - 3 98 <0.00001 RE Fisher’ Z = 1.27 [0.72, 1.82] Pooled r = 0.85 [0.62, 0.95] 4.53 <0.00001
Perceived organizational support - 3 97 <0.00001 RE Fisher’ Z = 0.65 [0.32, 0.97] Pooled r = 0.57 [0.31, 0.75] 3.88 0.0001
Empowering leadership - 2 93 <0.00001 RE Fisher’ Z = 0.67 [0.55, 0.79] Pooled r = 0.58 [0.50, 0.66] 10.92 <0.00001

FE, fixed-effect model; RE, random-effects model.