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The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the positive psychological capital of healthcare staff and the emotional work behavior. It is also to reveal whether there is a meaningful relationship between demographic variables and emotional labour and the subdimensions of positive psychological capital. The research was carried out with 520 medical staff working in the Tokat province and district state hospitals. Cronbach Alfa reliability analysis has been applied to test the reliability of survey questions. The structural equality model (YEM) has been applied to study the relationship between positive psychological capital and emotional work. The path analysis technique has studied the impact of the subdimensions of positive psychological capital on the subdimensions of emotional labour. According to the results of the YEM, there is a bilateral relationship between emotional work and positive psychological capital. According to the road analysis findings, the level of optimism increases, the level of deep behaviors and intimate behaviors increases; the level of superficial behaviors decreases. In addition, the level of endurance increases, the level of deep behaviors and intimate behaviors also increases.