Emotional Exhaustion and Job Satisfaction in Airport Security Officers – Work–Family Conflict as Mediator in the Job Demands–Resources Model
Sophie Baeriswyla b✉, Andreas Krausea b, Adrian Schwaningera b
- aSchool of Applied Psychology, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland Olten, Switzerland
- bSchool of Applied Psychology, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten, Switzerland
- ✉Corresponding author
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Abstract
The growing threat of terrorism has increased the importance of aviation security and the work of airport security officers (screeners). Nonetheless, airport security research has yet to focus on emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction as major determinants of screeners' job performance. The present study bridges this research gap by applying the job demands-resources (JD-R) model and using work-family conflict (WFC) as an intervening variable to study relationships between work characteristics (workload and supervisor support), emotional exhaustion, and job satisfaction in 1,127 screeners at a European airport. Results of structural equation modeling revealed that (a) supervisor support as a major job resource predicted job satisfaction among screeners; (b) workload as a major job demand predicted their emotional exhaustion; and (c) WFC proved to be a promising extension to the JD-R model that partially mediated the impact of supervisor support and workload on job satisfaction and emotional exhaustion. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
TL;DRThis study bridges the research gap in airport security research by applying the job demands–resources model and using work–family conflict (WFC) as an intervening variable to study relationships between work characteristics, emotional exhaustion, and job satisfaction in 1,127 screeners at a European airport. (Semantic Scholar)