Neuroticism buffers the negative indirect effect of work-leisure conflict on faculty members' work engagement through work-related affective rumination


AYDEMİR B., DOĞRUL B. Ş., ÇETİNKAYA G.

MOTIVATION AND EMOTION, cilt.50, sa.2, ss.363-376, 2026 (SSCI, Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 50 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2026
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11031-025-10187-1
  • Dergi Adı: MOTIVATION AND EMOTION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, ABI/INFORM, Psycinfo
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.363-376
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Moderated mediation, Neuroticism, Stressor-detachment model, Work engagement, Work rumination, Work-leisure conflict
  • İstanbul Yeni Yüzyıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Research on faculty members’ work-nonwork conflict experiences has grown in importance in recent years. Yet, it has primarily focused on work-family conflict. Their work-leisure conflict experiences have been neglected. Considering work-leisure conflict as a job stressor, this study investigates the influence of work-leisure conflict on faculty members’ work engagement through work-related affective rumination. Additionally, this study examines the moderating role of neuroticism in this relationship. The conceptual framework is based on the stressor-detachment model. Data were collected from 478 faculty members. The findings revealed that (1) work-leisure conflict is negatively associated with work engagement and positively associated with work-related affective rumination; (2) work-related affective rumination negatively affects work engagement; (3) work-related affective rumination has a mediating role between work-leisure conflict and work engagement; (4) neuroticism moderates a positive relationship between work-leisure conflict and work-related affective rumination; (5) neuroticism moderates the indirect relationship between work-leisure conflict and work engagement through work-related affective rumination.