Building up resources in the relationship between work-family conflict and burnout among firefighters: moderators of guanxi and emotion regulation strategies

This study investigated the moderating effects of supervisor-subordinate "guanxi" alongside relevant emotional regulation strategies, including cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, undertaken by 402 firefighters experiencing burnout caused by work-family conflict, as revealed...

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Published inEuropean journal of work and organizational psychology Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 430 - 441
Main Authors Wu, Tung-Ju, Yuan, Kuo-Shu, Yen, David C., Xu, Ting
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hove Routledge 04.05.2019
Psychology Press
Subjects
Burnout
emotional regulation
Emotions
Firefighters
Minority & ethnic groups
Organization theory
Regression analysis
supervisor-subordinate guanxi
Work life balance
Work-family conflict
China
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Summary:This study investigated the moderating effects of supervisor-subordinate "guanxi" alongside relevant emotional regulation strategies, including cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, undertaken by 402 firefighters experiencing burnout caused by work-family conflict, as revealed through the application and analysis of the job demands-resources model. According to the regression model for the moderating effects, high levels of supervisor-subordinate guanxi may improve the relationship between work-family conflict and burnout, while frequent suppression of expressivity may enhance this relationship. Moreover, when supervisor-subordinate guanxi is high, cognitive reappraisal may effectively mitigate the relationship between work-family conflict and burnout. To this end, both guanxi and cognitive reappraisal are crucial for supporting emotional regulation in the workplaces of ethnic Chinese societies.
ISSN:1359-432X
1464-0643
DOI:10.1080/1359432X.2019.1596081