The effect of job burnout on health complaint and task performance: the moderation of perceived organizational support / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explored the moderate effect of perceived organizational support on job burnout-health complaint relationship and job burnout-task performance relationship. Methods Maslach burnout inventory-general survey, the perceived organizational support scale, health complaint scale and task performance scale were used to test 458 teachers in colleges of Armed Police. Results Emotional exhaustion and cynicism were positively related to health complaint (r = 0. 616,0. 4377;P < 0. 01). Emotional exhaustion and cynicism indicated obviously predicted effect on health complaint(β =0.562, P<0. 01;β =0. 144, P<0.05). Reduced personal accomplishment predicted task performance obviously(β = -0.248, P<0.01). Hierarchical multiple regression showed perceived organizational support can regulate the relationship between emotional exhaustion and task per-formance(△R~2 =0.031, P<0.01). Conclusion Job burnout positively predicted health Complaint. The higher the job burnout was, the more seriously the health Complaint. Reduced personal accomplishment negatively predicted task performance. Perceived organizational support had moderate effect on emotional exhaustion and task performance relationship. It relieved the negative effect of emotional exhaustion on task performance.