Impact of passion at work on emotional exhaustion: mediating role of negative emotions

Jiatong W. Dukhaykh S. Jun F. Madina T. Khan M.T.
September 2024 Springer

Current Psychology
2024 #43 Issue 36 29133 - 29142 pp.

The primary objective of this study is to investigate the influence of employees’ passion on emotional exhaustion. Additionally, it explores the mediating role of negative emotions between employees’ Passion and emotional exhaustion. Furthermore, this study is grounded in self-determination theory (Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2000). The what and why of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior. Psychological inquiry, 11(4), 227–268.). The data were collected from public sector educational institutes in Zhejiang Province, China. The sample size for this study was (n = 300), comprising teaching and non-teaching staff. A standard questionnaire was utilized for data collection. The average age of the respondents was 39.45 years, SD = 0.98, and Mean = 2.95. Confirmatory factor analysis was employed to validate the scales. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was conducted for confirmatory analysis and to examine direct and indirect paths. The results of structural equation modeling indicate that harmonious passion (HP) has a negative and significant association with emotional exhaustion (EE), whereas obsessive passion (OP) has a positive and significant association with emotional exhaustion (EE). The direct path from employee passion to negative emotions (NE) shows that harmonious passion (HP) has a negative and significant association with negative emotions. In contrast, obsessive passion (OP) has a positive and significant association with negative emotions. The direct path from negative emotions (NE) to emotional exhaustion (EE) also shows a positive and significant association. Indirect path results reveal that negative emotions (NE) significantly intervene in the association between obsessive passion (OP) and emotional exhaustion (EE), while no mediation was found for harmonious passion (HP) and emotional exhaustion (EE). This study contributes significantly to the field of organizational behavior and psychology.

Emotional exhaustion and negative emotions , Harmonious passion , Obsessive passion

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Department of Science and Research in Zhejiang Yuexiu University, Shaoxing, China
Management Department, College of Business, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
College of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
Pedagogical Sciences, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Institute of Management Sciences, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Pakistan

Department of Science and Research in Zhejiang Yuexiu University
Management Department
College of Education
Pedagogical Sciences
Institute of Management Sciences

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