Type D Personality IndividualsExploring the Protective Role of Intrinsic Job Motivation in Burnout

  1. Esther Cuadrado 1
  2. Carmen Tabernero 2
  3. Cristina Fajardo 3
  4. Bárbara Luque 4
  5. Alicia Arenas 5
  6. Manuel Moyano 1
  7. Rosario Castillo Mayén 1
  1. 1 Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Spain, University of Cordoba, Spain
  2. 2 Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Spain;University of Salamanca, Spain; Neurosciences Institute of Castilla y León (INCyL), Spain
  3. 3 Universidad de Córdoba
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    Córdoba, España

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  4. 4 Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Spain; 2University of Cordoba, Spain
  5. 5 Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), University of Seville, Spain
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Revista de psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones = Journal of work and organizational psychology

ISSN: 1576-5962

Year of publication: 2021

Volume: 37

Issue: 2

Pages: 133-141

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5093/JWOP2021A12 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Three studies (Study 1, with 354 teaching and administrative staff at the University of Córdoba, Study 2 with 567 teachers, Study 3, longitudinal, with 111 teachers) analyzed the role adopted by self-regulatory variables in the relationship between type D personality (TDP) and burnout. Moderated mediation analyses in the three studies confirmed: (1) the mediating role of emotional dissonance in the relationships between TDP and burnout; (2) the mediating role of self-efficacy in the TDP-burnout link; and (3) the moderating role of intrinsic job motivation in confirmed mediations. The results highlighted that (1) high levels of emotional dissonance may act as a risk factor that is increased with high levels of TDP and (2) self-efficacy to cope with stress and intrinsic motivation act as protective factors, highlighting the protective role of intrinsic motivation because it buffers the negative effects of TDP on workers’ burnout.

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The project and data collection were awarded by the competitive R&D Grant in Occupational Risk Prevention of the Prevent Foundation (Spain). The main researcher of the granted project is Esther Cuadrado.

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