社会与工程心理学研究室知识库

    Emotional exhaustion is the core component of job burnout, which has tremendous negative effect on employees’ performance and well-being. Emotional exhaustion has traditionally been perceived as relatively stable, chronic mental fatigue experience in literature. More and more evidence indicated that emotional exhaustion can fluctuate in a day, and individual differences can affect the fluctuation process. In the current study, based on conservation of resources theory, we explored how an individual’s emotional exhaustion fluctuates from morning to evening and the moderating role of proactive personality in educational settings. A total of 151 graduate students participated in our diary study. After finishing an initial survey, participants need to report their emotional exhaustion twice each day (morning and night) for five consecutive work days. The figure of valid occasions came out at 747. Hierarchical linear model analysis showed that emotional exhaustion showed a significant daily fluctuation, and proactive personality can moderate this process.