Academic Journal of Business & Management, 2023, 5(23); doi: 10.25236/AJBM.2023.052308.
Zheng Yalin1, Chen Jiuyue1, Kong Tiantian2, Huang Xiaolu2, Li Xintong2, Liu Bo2
1Logistics and Management Engineering School, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming, 650221, China
2International Business School, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming, 650221, China
Based on social exchange theory, resource conservation theory, this paper collects data from 353 questionnaires by collecting new generation employees from representative enterprises in Yunnan, China. The empirical results show that (1) organisational tenure has a positive effect on job burnout of new generation of employees; (2) psychological contract breach plays a partial mediating role in organisational tenure and job burnout; (3) past breach experience positively moderates the relationship between psychological contract breach and job burnout of new generation of employees. The study provides some suggestions for exploring the mental health of new generation employees and enriches the research on the impact of organisational tenure on employee behaviour at the employee level.
Job burnout, Organisational tenure, Psychological contract breach, Past breach experience
Zheng Yalin, Chen Jiuyue, Kong Tiantian, Huang Xiaolu, Li Xintong, Liu Bo. Organisational tenure and job burnout of new generation of employees: Considering the mediating effect of psychological contract breach and the moderating effect of past breach experience. Academic Journal of Business & Management (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 23: 51-56. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJBM.2023.052308.
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