In the face of the increasingly severe public safety situation, the working condition and mental health of emergency managers should receive more attention.To facilitate the advancement of relevant systems and augment the job satisfaction of emergency managers, this study employs the research data on 562 health emergency managers to conduct a comprehensive analysis. Utilizing descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and regression analysis, the impact of job characteristic elements on health emergency managers’ job satisfaction was examined within the theoretical framework of the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, as well as the mechanisms by which job characteristic elements impact health emergency managers’ job satisfaction. It was found that job demands and job resources do not directly affect job satisfaction, but negatively and positively affect the latter through burnout and job engagement, respectively; job demands cause health emergency managers to produce a negative coping psychology and reduce the stimulating effect of job resources on job engagement; and job resources can play a buffering effect and reduce the risk of burnout brought by job demands to health emergency managers. The aforementioned findings generally support the applicability of the JD-R model to health emergency managers, theoretically revealing the intrinsic psychological mechanisms by which job characteristics influence health emergency managers’ job satisfaction and providing theoretical supplements and practical references for enhancing  health emergency managers’ job satisfaction.
 

Health Emergency Managers; Job Satisfaction; Job Demands; Job Resources