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Journal of Happiness Studies
Published in: Journal of Happiness Studies 4/2022

11-10-2021 | Research Paper

The Moderating Role of Self-Sacrificing Disposition and Work Meaningfulness on the Relationship Between Work-Family Conflict and Emotional Exhaustion

Author: Ahmed Mohammed Sayed Mostafa

Published in: Journal of Happiness Studies | Issue 4/2022

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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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Footnotes
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Moderated curvilinear effects were also tested and no curvilinear moderation by self-sacrificing disposition and work meaningfulness was found.
 
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Metadata
Title
The Moderating Role of Self-Sacrificing Disposition and Work Meaningfulness on the Relationship Between Work-Family Conflict and Emotional Exhaustion
Author
Ahmed Mohammed Sayed Mostafa
Publication date
11-10-2021
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Journal of Happiness Studies / Issue 4/2022
Print ISSN: 1389-4978
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7780
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-021-00463-5

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