Exploring graduate students' research characteristics, emotional exhaustion, mastery approach, and research career commitment
Insights from the JD-R theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4098768 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jiying Han (0000-0002-8916-7821, Shandong University, corresponding author), Tongyan Wang (0009-0005-3051-367X, Shandong University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 306-320 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079.2024.2336117 |
| OpenAlex | W4393377951 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 46 |
The job demands-resources (JD-R) theory has been widely applied to explore relationships between employees’ job characteristics and performance, particularly in contexts of paid work. This study extends the application scope of the JD-R theory to unpaid research contexts among graduate students. Results of an online questionnaire survey with 914 research-oriented Chinese graduate students verified the dual processes proposed by the JD-R theory. Specifically, the graduate students’ perceived stress led to emotional exhaustion and sequentially decreased their research career commitment; academic support fostered mastery approach and then increased the research career commitment. In addition, mastery approach played a significant mediating role in the relationship between academic support and research career commitment. The findings enhance the understanding of graduate students’ research characteristics and performance and have implications for optimizing the research environment for graduate students and stimulating their motivation and commitment to research career
Burnout · Emotional exhaustion · Graduate students · Pedagogy · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Innovations in Medical Education · Medical Education and Admissions · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 8 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |