How emotional contagion relates to burnout: a moderated mediation model of job insecurity and group member prototypicality
Building on the job demands–resources model and the social identity theory, the present study examined the underlying mechanisms (i.e., job insecurity) and boundary conditions (i.e., group member prototypicality) for the relationships between contagion of positive (i.e., joy) and negative (i.e., fear) emotions and job burnout (i.e., emotional exhaustion, cynicism). Data from 367 employees in the United States suggest that job insecurity mediates the negative relationship between contagion of joy and burnout and the positive relationship between contagion of fear and burnout.