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This research seeks to identify the mediator role of Psychological
Capital between Fun at Work and Core Competencies for Human
Resources , and in order to achieve this has been the adoption of Scale
(Pe-Than et al. , 2014) for Measure Fun at Work , was the adoption of the
dimensions of Psychological Capital (self-efficacy , hope , optimism ,
and resiliency) based on (Luthans et al. , 2007) as has been the adoption
of dimensions of Core Competencies for Human Resources (Knowledge
, Attitude , and Skill) based on (Al Thobaity,2016 ; McEvoy,2005) . Has
been chosen Al-Kafeel Specialty Hospital a field to search through a
questionnaire form included 293 members of Medical and Nursing Staff .
Have been using confirmatory factor analysis (Structural equation
modeling) and some of descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and
simple regression analysis and Path Analysis for determined direct and

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most important that variable of the Psychological Capital of Increase of
total effect for Fun at Work in Core Competencies for Human Resources
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