Mediating role of organization-based self-esteem and life meaning between career calling and job burnout among employees in a manufacturing enterprise in Changsha City

Abstract

Abstract: Objective To analyze the impact of career calling on job burnout and its internal psychological mechanisms,explore the mediating role of organization-based self-esteem and life meaning between career calling and job burnout. Methods From April to September 2022,a 3-stage tracking data survey was performed among 148 employees from a manufacturing company in Changsha City by the localizational DOBROW career calling scale,STEGER meaning in life questionnaire,PIERCE organization-based self-esteem scale,and MASLACH job burnout scale. SPSS 26.0 and PROCESS were used for the statistic analysis. Results The scores of career calling,organization-based self-esteem,meaning of life existence,meaning of life seeking,and job burnout among employees were （3.95±0.72）,（3.52±0.63）,（5.77±0.93）,（5.43±1.29） and （1.42±0.84）points,respectively. The regression analysis shows that career calling was positively correlated with organization-based self-esteem,meaning of life existence and meaning of life seeking（β=0.49,0.48,0.21,all P<0.05）,and negatively correlated with job burnout（β=-0.26,P<0.01）. The organization-based self-esteem and meaning of life existence were negatively correlated with job burnout（β=-0.21,-0.30,both P<0.05）. The organization-based self-esteem and meaning of life existence played a part of mediating role between career calling and job burnout,accounting for 46.6% of the total effect,and the the effect of meaning of life seeking was not significant. Conclusion Managers need to make good use of the motivational role of career calling to moderately enhance the sense of mission of the enterprise and individuals in enterprise management. In cultural construction,they should provide more incentives and recognition to high-performance employees,enhance their organizational self-esteem,reduce job burnout,and maintain their mental health.At the same time,managers should also pay attention to the possibility that an excessively high level of career calling may stimulate individuals' motivation to seek meaning in life,trigger work-family conflicts,and thereby increase individual job burnout. In management practice,it is important to avoid the negative impact that an excessively high level of career calling may bring.

Key words: Career calling, Job burnout, Organization-based self-esteem, Life meaning

CLC Number:

R181.3⁺1

WANG Wen, CHEN Yiwen. Mediating role of organization-based self-esteem and life meaning between career calling and job burnout among employees in a manufacturing enterprise in Changsha City. [J]OCCUPATION AND HEALTH, 2023, 39(13): 1769-1773.

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