Effect of a Protestant Work Ethic on Burnout: Mediating Effect of Emotional Dissonance and Moderated Mediating Effect of Negative Emotion Regulation

Sukbong Choi, Yungil Kang and Kyunghwan Yeo
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Sukbong Choi: College of Global Business, Korea University, 2511 Sejong-ro, Sejong City 30019, Korea
Yungil Kang: Graduate School of Business, Sakarya University, isletme enstitusu, Esentepe Kampusu Serdivan Sakarya, Sakarya 54050, Turkey
Kyunghwan Yeo: HR Institute for University-Industry Cooperation, Keimyung University, 1095 Dalgubeol-daero, Dalseo-gu, Daegu 42601, Korea

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-14

Abstract: This study examined the effect of the Protestant work ethic on burnout using a sample of 259 South Korean workers from a manufacturing firm. We also investigated the mediating role of emotional dissonance on this effect and addressed the moderating and moderated mediating roles of negative emotion regulation on the relationship between Protestant work ethic and emotional dissonance. Our empirical results indicated a significant direct negative effect of the Protestant work ethic on burnout, but there was no evidence of an indirect relationship between these. Results also found that negative emotion regulation changed the relationship between Protestant work ethic and emotional dissonance. In addition, negative emotion regulation changed the mediating role of emotional dissonance in the relationship between Protestant work ethic and burnout. The study is meaningful in that it grasped the importance of value as a major factor in job burnout, and it finally confirmed the antecedents of Koreans’ diligence.

Keywords: protestant work ethic; burnout; negative emotion regulation; emotional dissonance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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