The Effects of Burnout on Task Performance and Turnover Intention of New Generation of Skilled Workers

摘要

Based on the matching questionnaire data of 223 employees on the car assembly line and 45 of their direct supervisors, this paper discusses the influence of new generation burnout on task performance and turnover intention and the mediating role of career commitment and the moderating effect of innovation orientation. The results reveal that burnout of young skilled employees has direct negative effect on their task performance. Career commitment of young people plays the partial mediation role in the positive relationship between burnout and turnover intention, while innovation orientation plays the negative moderation in the relationship between occupational commitment and turnover intention. Management implications of the study are to reduce burnout can effectively improve job performance. At the same time, enhancing the employees’ occupational commitment and innovative work values can effectively reduce the young employees’ turnover intention.