The Downside of Family Motivation; Impact of Family Motivation on Job Burnout through Emotional Labor

Abstract

Extending the efforts of earlier researchers, the current study investigated the relationship between family motivation and job burnout through a mediating mechanism of emotional labor by using the conservation of resource (COR) theory as a framework. Therefore, the study contributes to the existing literature by exploring relatively new phenomena of family motivation, and also by explaining that employees' family motivation distracts them to perform their duties, and consequently force them to exert more effort to do emotional labor, which in turn increase their job burnout. Data (N = 189) was collected from full-time employees, working in both public and private sector organizations in Pakistan. The findings revealed that family motivation is positively related to job burnout, and this relationship is mediated by emotional labor at the workplace. The findings of the study are discussed in terms of its theoretical and practical implications. Keywords: Conservation of Resource Theory, Emotional