Testing work meaning violation as a mediator between organizational dehumanization and emotional exhaustion

This study examined the mediating effect of work-meaning violation between organizational dehumanization and emotional exhaustion. Path analysis was performed with a two-wave dataset of 574 participants. In line with the hypotheses, results showed that after controlling for the effects at Time 1, work meaning violation at Time 2 mediated the association between organizational dehumanization at Time 2 and emotional exhaustion at Time 2. However, additional analysis showed that organizational dehumanization at Time 1 did not predict emotional exhaustion at Time 2 when other variables were simultaneously considered. Limitations and implications are discussed.

• Publication year

  2025

• Venue

  Scientific Reports

• Publication date

  2025-11-10

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1038/s41598-025-22919-xPMID 41214029PMCID 12603029
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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