Abstract

Job burnout is a profound concern in modern society producing enormous financial and emotional costs for companies, health insurances, and the individual employee. In this study, we aimed at contributing to the literature on determinants of job burnout by investigating the indirect effects of implicit and explicit motive discrepancies (IED) through intrinsic motivation, with the aim of replicating previous findings from the literature. In addition, we extended this research by adding job satisfaction as an outcome variable in the mediation model, as well as volition as a moderator in these relationships. We preregistered our study and collected data from 136 participants (82 females; M_age = 29.33 years, SD_age = 6.30) using indirect measures (for implicit motives) and self-report measures (for explicit motives, job burnout, job satisfaction and volition). IED was shown to have an indirect effect on both job burnout and job satisfaction through intrinsic motivation. Additionally, these indirect effects were mitigated by high levels volition. We discuss implications of our findings for research and practice.

Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2021.1980758.

摘要

工作倦怠是现代社会的一个深刻问题，它给公司、健康保险和个人员工带来巨大的财务和情感成本。在本研究中，我们旨在通过内在动机调查内隐和外显动机差异 (IED) 的间接影响，从而为有关工作倦怠决定因素的文献做出贡献，目的是复制文献中的先前发现。此外，我们通过在中介模型中添加工作满意度作为结果变量以及将意志作为这些关系的调节因子来扩展这项研究。我们预先注册了我们的研究并收集了 136 名参与者（82 名女性；M_年龄= 29.33 岁，SD_{年龄）的数据}= 6.30）使用间接测量（对于内隐动机）和自我报告测量（对于外显动机、工作倦怠、工作满意度和意志）。IED 被证明通过内在动机对工作倦怠和工作满意度都有间接影响。此外，这些间接影响被高水平的意志所减轻。我们讨论了我们的发现对研究和实践的影响。

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