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Role Stress, Job Burnout, and Job Performance in Construction Project Managers: The Moderating Role of Career Calling

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  • Guangdong Wu

    (School of Public Affairs, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China)

  • Zhibin Hu

    (Department of Construction Management, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics, Nanchang 330013, China)

  • Junwei Zheng

    (Department of Construction Management, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China)

Abstract

This study aims to explore the influence of role stress (role ambiguity and role conflict) on job burnout and job performance in construction project managers in the Chinese construction industry. Based on the JD-R (Job Demands Resources) model, this study introduces career calling as the moderating variable, in order to develop a theoretical model. The theoretical model is then tested with structural equation modeling. This work uses data from 191 owners, contractors, subcontractors, and supervisors in the Chinese construction industry. The results indicate that: (i) role ambiguity has a negative and significant effect on job burnout and job performance; (ii) role conflict has a negative effect on job burnout, but has a non-significant influence on job performance; (iii) job burnout has a negative impact on job performance; (iv) career calling negatively moderates the relationship between role ambiguity and job burnout, and positively moderates the relationship between role conflict and job performance. Furthermore, the results also show that career calling can positively moderate the effect of role conflict on job burnout. This study expands the existing body of knowledge by reasonably controlling role stress and appropriately introducing career calling. In addition, the study provides some suggestions relevant to construction project management.

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  • Guangdong Wu & Zhibin Hu & Junwei Zheng, 2019. "Role Stress, Job Burnout, and Job Performance in Construction Project Managers: The Moderating Role of Career Calling," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(13), pages 1-20, July.
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