Mostafa, AMS (2022) The Moderating Role of Self-Sacrificing Disposition and Work Meaningfulness on the Relationship Between Work-Family Conflict and Emotional Exhaustion. Journal of Happiness Studies, 23 (4). pp. 1579-1597. ISSN 1389-4978
Abstract
Drawing on conservation of resources theory, this study tests whether the relationship between work-family conflict and emotional exhaustion in the public sector is contingent on self-sacrificing disposition and work meaningfulness. In particular, the study postulates that the positive association between work-family conflict and exhaustion will be weakened when public sector employees possess high levels of self-sacrificing disposition and experience high levels of work meaningfulness. Using a sample of 484 physicians working in 21 public hospitals in Egypt, the hypotheses were tested with hierarchal linear modelling. The findings demonstrated that work-family conflict was positively associated with emotional exhaustion when willingness to self-sacrifice and experienced meaningfulness were at low and average levels. However, when self-sacrificing disposition and experienced meaningfulness were high, work-family conflict was not associated with exhaustion.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. This is an author produced version of an article published in Journal of Happiness Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Conservation of resources theory; Emotional exhaustion; Self-sacrificing disposition; Work meaningfulness; Work-family conflict |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Management Division Organizational Behaviour (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Nov 2021 17:13 |
Last Modified: | 11 Oct 2022 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10902-021-00463-5 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:179984 |