Abstract: Objective: To investigate the current situation of nurses' time management disposition and analyze the interrelationships among influencing factors, providing a reference for formulating intervention plans to enhance nurses' time management capabilities. Methods: A total of 529 nurses from three tertiary grade A hospitals in Suzhou from March to September 2024 were conveniently recruited as research participants. Questionnaires were used to collect data, including a general information survey, Time Management Disposition Scale, Job Demands-Resources Scale, Emotional Intelligence Scale, and Organizational Support Scale. The multi-group structural equation analysis was employed to examine the path regulatory differences among different variable structural models. Results: The average score of each item of the nurses' time management disposition was 3.53±0.46. The structural equation model showed that job demands (β=-0.253) and job resources (β=0.273) directly affected the time management tendency, while emotional intelligence (β=-0.255) and organizational support (β=0.187) indirectly influenced the time management tendency (all P<0.001). The mediating effect of emotional intelligence remained stable among nurses with different working years (44.85% for ≤5 years, 46.43% for >5 years), while organizational support decreased with the increase in working years (53.05% for ≤5 years, 29.75% for >5 years). Conclusion: The nurses' time management disposition are generally at a medium level. Managers should continuously pay attention and fully utilize the buffering effect of emotional intelligence. In the early stage of nurses' career development, they should fully exert the beneficial role of organizational support, help clinical nurses improve their time management skills as soon as possible.

Key words: nurse; time management disposition; influencing factor; pathways of action; job demands-resources theory