Mediating Role of Work Engagement on the Relationship between emotional exhaustion and deviant behaviors

Introduction: Deviant behaviors at workplace, affect the individual performance and organizational outcomes by violation of rules and organizational  regulations. The present study investigates the mediating role of work engagement in the relationship between emotional exhaustion and deviant behavio...

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Main Authors: mahmood kamali, hamideh shekari
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Language:English
Published: Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science 2017-12-01
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Online Access:http://tkj.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-837-en.html
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description Introduction: Deviant behaviors at workplace, affect the individual performance and organizational outcomes by violation of rules and organizational  regulations. The present study investigates the mediating role of work engagement in the relationship between emotional exhaustion and deviant behaviors at work place. Methods: This study is an applied research in terms of purpose and a descriptive-correlation research in terms of method. The statistical population is the faculty members of ........................... University. A sample comprising of 120 members was selected using simple random sampling method. They responded the items of three questionnaires including the scales of work engagement (Schaufeli, Salanova, Gonzalez-Roma & Bakker, 2002), emotional exhaustion (Maslach and Jackson, 1981) and workplace deviant behaviors (Bennett and Robinson, 2000). Data analysis was done using structural equation modeling with Bootstrap method in software environment of AMOS . Results: Emotional exhaustion is a negative predictor of work engagement (path coefficient= -0.59) and predicts workplace deviant behaviors indirectly and through the mediating role of work engagement (path coefficient= +0.28). Also, improving work engagement results in reducing deviant behaviors at workplace (path coefficient= -0.42).   Conclusion: Emotional exhaustion has influence on deviant behaviors through the mediating role of work engagement. So, taking some considerations into account, controlling or reducing emotional exhaustion of faculty members, can improve their work engagement and reduce deviant behaviors at workplace. Keywords: Deviant Behaviors, Work Engagement, Emotional ExhaustionAbstract
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spelling doaj.art-f2dd7a26fac145f090ec8bf3c339c4792022-12-22T01:46:07ZengShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Scienceطب کار2251-71892251-82742017-12-01946172Mediating Role of Work Engagement on the Relationship between emotional exhaustion and deviant behaviorsmahmood kamali0hamideh shekari1 yazd-Daneshgoo Bol - Payam-e Noor University yazd-Daneshgoo Bol - Payam-e Noor University Introduction: Deviant behaviors at workplace, affect the individual performance and organizational outcomes by violation of rules and organizational  regulations. The present study investigates the mediating role of work engagement in the relationship between emotional exhaustion and deviant behaviors at work place. Methods: This study is an applied research in terms of purpose and a descriptive-correlation research in terms of method. The statistical population is the faculty members of ........................... University. A sample comprising of 120 members was selected using simple random sampling method. They responded the items of three questionnaires including the scales of work engagement (Schaufeli, Salanova, Gonzalez-Roma & Bakker, 2002), emotional exhaustion (Maslach and Jackson, 1981) and workplace deviant behaviors (Bennett and Robinson, 2000). Data analysis was done using structural equation modeling with Bootstrap method in software environment of AMOS . Results: Emotional exhaustion is a negative predictor of work engagement (path coefficient= -0.59) and predicts workplace deviant behaviors indirectly and through the mediating role of work engagement (path coefficient= +0.28). Also, improving work engagement results in reducing deviant behaviors at workplace (path coefficient= -0.42).   Conclusion: Emotional exhaustion has influence on deviant behaviors through the mediating role of work engagement. So, taking some considerations into account, controlling or reducing emotional exhaustion of faculty members, can improve their work engagement and reduce deviant behaviors at workplace. Keywords: Deviant Behaviors, Work Engagement, Emotional ExhaustionAbstracthttp://tkj.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-837-en.htmldeviant behaviorswork engagementemotional exhaustion.
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Mediating Role of Work Engagement on the Relationship between emotional exhaustion and deviant behaviors
طب کار
deviant behaviors
work engagement
emotional exhaustion.
title Mediating Role of Work Engagement on the Relationship between emotional exhaustion and deviant behaviors
title_full Mediating Role of Work Engagement on the Relationship between emotional exhaustion and deviant behaviors
title_fullStr Mediating Role of Work Engagement on the Relationship between emotional exhaustion and deviant behaviors
title_full_unstemmed Mediating Role of Work Engagement on the Relationship between emotional exhaustion and deviant behaviors
title_short Mediating Role of Work Engagement on the Relationship between emotional exhaustion and deviant behaviors
title_sort mediating role of work engagement on the relationship between emotional exhaustion and deviant behaviors
topic deviant behaviors
work engagement
emotional exhaustion.
url http://tkj.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-837-en.html
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