Is Job Control a Double-Edged Sword? A Cross-Lagged Panel Study on the Interplay of Quantitative Workload, Emotional Dissonance, and Job Control on Emotional Exhaustion
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. The Strain Hypothesis: Examining the Causality of Direct Effects
1.2. The Buffer Hypothesis: Is Job Control a Double-Edged Sword?
“It leaves people indecisive about what to do and why. Freedom of choice is a two-edged sword, for just on the other side of liberation sits chaos and paralysis.”—Schwartz, in The Tyranny of Freedom ([44], p. 87)
2. Methods
2.1. Research Design and Participants
2.2. Measures and Control Variables
2.3. Analytical Procedure
3. Results
3.1. Analysis of Dropout Effects
3.2. Measurement Model
3.3. Descriptive Analyses
3.4. The Strain Hypothesis: Examining the Causality of Direct Effects
3.5. The Buffer Hypothesis: Testing Differential Moderating Effects of Job Control
3.6. Additional Analyses
4. Discussion
4.1. Summary of Results
4.2. Theoretical Contributions
4.3. Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research
4.4. Practical Implications
5. Conclusions
Is Job Control a Double-Edged Sword?
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Variable | Time | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Quantitative workload | T1 | (0.82) | |||||||
2 | T2 | 0.66 | (0.80) | |||||||
3 | Emotional dissonance | T1 | 0.18 | 0.17 | (0.94) | |||||
4 | T2 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.79 | (0.95) | |||||
5 | Job control | T1 | −0.33 | −0.28 | −0.35 | −0.32 | (0.85) | |||
6 | T2 | −0.23 | −0.26 | −0.34 | −0.40 | 0.70 | (0.86) | |||
7 | Emotional exhaustion | T1 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.49 | 0.48 | −0.45 | −0.37 | (0.91) | |
8 | T2 | 0.32 | 0.47 | 0.49 | 0.56 | −0.25 | −0.34 | 0.74 | (0.91) | |
M | 2.62 | 2.61 | 3.52 | 3.57 | 3.23 | 3.24 | 2.19 | 2.27 | ||
SD | 0.93 | 0.84 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 0.59 | 0.56 | 0.92 | 0.93 |
# | Model | χ2 | df | CFI | TLI | RMSEA | Model Comparison | Δχ2 | Δdf |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stability Model | 27.42 | 12 | 0.973 | 0.937 | 0.096 | |||
2 | Causality Model | 11.46 | 9 | 0.996 | 0.987 | 0.044 | 1 vs. 2 | 15.96 ** | 3 |
3 | Reversed Causation Model | 18.80 | 9 | 0.983 | 0.947 | 0.089 | 1 vs. 3 | 8.62 * | 3 |
4 | Reciprocal Model | 4.17 | 6 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 1 vs. 4 | 23.25 ** | 6 |
2 vs. 3 | −7.34 | 0 | |||||||
2 vs. 4 | 7.29 | 3 | |||||||
3 vs. 4 | 14.63 ** | 3 |
Model 2: | Model 5: | |||
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Causality Model | Moderation Model | |||
γ | SE | γ | SE | |
Autoregressive Effects | ||||
Quantitative workload | 0.55 ** | 0.05 | 0.55 ** | 0.05 |
Emotional dissonance | 0.76 ** | 0.05 | 0.76 ** | 0.05 |
Job control | 0.38 ** | 0.03 | 0.38 ** | 0.03 |
Emotional exhaustion | 0.57 ** | 0.06 | 0.56 ** | 0.06 |
Predicting Emotional Exhaustion T2 | ||||
Quantitative workload (T1) | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
Emotional dissonance (T1) | 0.18 ** | 0.05 | 0.17 ** | 0.05 |
Job control (T1) | 0.14 ** | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
Quantitative workload × job control (T1) | −0.09 * | 0.05 | ||
Emotional dissonance × job control (T1) | 0.11 ** | 0.04 |
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Konze, A.-K.; Rivkin, W.; Schmidt, K.-H. Is Job Control a Double-Edged Sword? A Cross-Lagged Panel Study on the Interplay of Quantitative Workload, Emotional Dissonance, and Job Control on Emotional Exhaustion. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14, 1608. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14121608
Konze A-K, Rivkin W, Schmidt K-H. Is Job Control a Double-Edged Sword? A Cross-Lagged Panel Study on the Interplay of Quantitative Workload, Emotional Dissonance, and Job Control on Emotional Exhaustion. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017; 14(12):1608. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14121608
Chicago/Turabian StyleKonze, Anne-Kathrin, Wladislaw Rivkin, and Klaus-Helmut Schmidt. 2017. "Is Job Control a Double-Edged Sword? A Cross-Lagged Panel Study on the Interplay of Quantitative Workload, Emotional Dissonance, and Job Control on Emotional Exhaustion" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, no. 12: 1608. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14121608
APA StyleKonze, A.-K., Rivkin, W., & Schmidt, K.-H. (2017). Is Job Control a Double-Edged Sword? A Cross-Lagged Panel Study on the Interplay of Quantitative Workload, Emotional Dissonance, and Job Control on Emotional Exhaustion. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(12), 1608. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14121608