The Buffering Effect of Spirituality at Work on the Mediated Relationship between Job Demands and Turnover Intention among Teachers

Bibliographic Data

ID3280607
AuthorsEdyta Charzyńska (0000-0001-9375-1433, University of Silesia in Katowice, corresponding author), Irena Polewczyk (0000-0003-0764-0409, University of Silesia in Katowice), Joanna Góźdź (0000-0003-2656-4376, University of Silesia in Katowice), Małgorzata Kitlińska-Król (0000-0003-4430-3938, University of Silesia in Katowice), Magdalena Sitko-Dominik (0000-0002-4823-2009, University of Silesia in Katowice)
Year2021
Volume12
Issue9
Pages781
Publication date2021-09-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel12090781
OpenAlexW3201180827
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited121

The purpose of this study was to examine whether spirituality at work moderates the direct and indirect (through burnout) effects of quantitative and emotional job demands on turnover intention among teachers. The sample consisted of 952 Polish primary and secondary school teachers. Burnout mediated the relationship between both types of job demands and turnover intention. In the model with quantitative job demands as an independent variable, spirituality at work moderated the second stage path of the indirect effect, i.e., the relationship between burnout and turnover intention (b = −0.022; SE = 0.004; p < 0.001; β = −0.14). In the model with emotional job demands as an independent variable, spirituality at work moderated the first and second stage paths of the indirect effect, i.e., the relationship between emotional job demands and burnout (b = −0.001; SE = 0.001; p = 0.032; β = −0.05) and the relationship between burnout and turnover intention (b = −0.020; SE = 0.004; p < 0.001; β = −0.14). In both models, the indirect effect of job demands on turnover intention through burnout weakened as spirituality at work increased. The results of the study support the inclusion of spirituality at work as a subcategory of personal resources in studies using the job demands-resources model

Burnout · Emotional exhaustion · Job satisfaction · Management · Turnover · Turnover intention · Work engagement · Clinical Psychology · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Spirituality and Leadership

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