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Job resources and burnout: Work motivation as a moderator
Author(s) -
Trépanier SarahGeneviève,
Vallerand Robert J.,
Ménard Julie,
Peterson Clayton
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
stress and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1532-2998
pISSN - 1532-3005
DOI - 10.1002/smi.2939
Subject(s) - moderation , burnout , psychology , work (physics) , social psychology , control (management) , job attitude , job control , quality (philosophy) , job performance , applied psychology , job satisfaction , clinical psychology , management , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , engineering , economics
This longitudinal study (T1 n = 399; T2 n = 279) investigated the moderating role of work motivation in the relationship between job resources (control and recognition) and burnout. Overall, job recognition and control resulted in more burnout for employees with poor‐quality work motivation (high controlled or low autonomous motivation). These results suggest that poor‐quality motivation renders employees more vulnerable to certain resources in their work environment, as these job characteristics stimulate compensatory behaviours (e.g., overinvesting in one's job to boost one's sense of self‐worth or to obtain others' approval), leading to energy depletion over time.