Abstract
ObjectiveBased on the theory of perceived organizational support (POS), conservation of resource (COR) and job demands-resources (JD-R) model, this study establishes a moderated mediation model to test the role of job satisfaction in mediating the relationship between POS and job burnout, as well as the role of regulatory emotional self-efficacy (RES) in moderating the above mediating process.MethodsA total of 784 police officers were surveyed with the POS Scale, the Job Burnout Questionnaire, the RES Scale, and the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire.Results(1) After controlling for gender, seniority, age, police classification, education, and marital status, regression analysis showed a significant negative correlation between POS and burnout (r = −0.42, p < 0.01), and the former had a significant negative predictive effect on job burnout (β = −0.42, p < 0.001). (2) The mediating effect test shows that job satisfaction plays a partial role in mediating the relationship between POS and job burnout. (3) Through the analysis of the moderated mediation model test, RES moderates the first half of the path of “POS → job satisfaction → job burnout.”ConclusionPOS not only directly affects police job burnout but also indirectly affects police job burnout through job satisfaction. RES enhances the influence of organizational support on job satisfaction. This study indicates the combined effect of POS, job satisfaction, and RES on job burnout and has certain guiding significance for alleviating police job burnout.
Highlights
Job burnout is a comprehensive physical and psychological symptom caused by overwork stress, including emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and decreased personal achievement (Maslach et al, 1996, 2001)
perceived organizational support (POS), job satisfaction, and regulatory emotional self-efficacy (RES) were negatively related to job burnout
B, and c’ (Figure 2), the results show that the path coefficients of paths a and b are significant in the indirect effect, indicating that job satisfaction plays a significant mediating role between POS and job burnout, and the mediating effect model is established
Summary
Job burnout is a comprehensive physical and psychological symptom caused by overwork stress, including emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and decreased personal achievement (Maslach et al, 1996, 2001). It usually occurs in people who establish direct relationships with the target group with which they work and is the result of the interaction between individual personality and Police Job Burnout conditions in the environment (Maslach and Leiter, 2008). Studies have confirmed that job burnout was associated with work-family conflict (Mikkelsen and Burke, 2004) and negative outcomes of police officers’ family members, such as anger and remoteness from family (Jackson and Maslach, 1982). To better alleviate the job burnout of police officers and promote the harmonious coexistence of the police at work, in the family, and in society, it is necessary to study the job burnout of the Chinese police officers in depth
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