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

Ahmed Mohammed Sayed Mostafa ()
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Ahmed Mohammed Sayed Mostafa: Assiut University

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2022, vol. 23, issue 4, No 13, 1579-1597

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Work-family conflict; Emotional exhaustion; Self-sacrificing disposition; Work meaningfulness; Conservation of resources theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/s10902-021-00463-5

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