The Relationship Between Financial Stress and Job Performance in China: The Role of Work Engagement and Emotional Exhaustion

Figures & data

Figure 1 The proposed moderated mediation model.

Table 1 Means, Standard Deviations and Correlations for the Main Study Variables

Variables	M	SD	1	2	3	4
Financial stress	3.53	0.76	1
Job performance	3.70	0.57	0.11*	1
Work Engagement	3.67	0.62	0.17**	0.40**	1
Emotion Exhaustion	2.58	0.83	0.19**	−0.08	−0.25**	1

Notes: N=309. *p<0.05, **p<0.01,***p<0.001.

Table 2 Testing the Mediation Effect of Financial Stress on Job Performance

Predictors	Model 1 (JP)			Model 2 (WE)			Model 3 (JP)
	β	SE	t	β	SE	t	β	SE	t
FS	0.11	0.06	1.97*	0.17	0.06	2.95**	0.05	0.04	0.89
WE							0.39	0.05	7.28***
R²	0.01			0.03			0.15
F	3.88*			8.71**			28.75***

Note: N=309. Each column is a regression model that predicts the criterion at the top of the column. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.

Abbreviations: FS, financial stress; EE, emotional exhaustion; JP, job performance; WE, work engagement.

Table 3 Testing the Moderated Mediation Effect of Financial Stress on Job Performance

Predictors	Model 1(JP)			Model 2(WE)			Model 3(JP)
	β	SE	t	β	SE	t	β	SE	t
FS	0.09	0.04	2.03*	0.12	0.04	2.61**	0.03	0.06	0.44
EE	−0.07	0.04	−1.69	−0.19	0.04	−4.82***	−0.004	0.06	−0.07
FS × EE	−0.03	0.05	−0.65	−0.27	0.05	−5.57***	0.10	0.05	1.88
WE							0.42	0.06	7.26***
WE × EE							−0.11	0.04	−2.52**
R²	0.02			0.19			0.18
F	2.50			24.12***			6.34***

Notes: N=309. * p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.

Abbreviations: FS, financial stress; EE, emotional exhaustion; JP, job performance; WE, work engagement.

Figure 2 Interaction between financial stress and emotional exhaustion on work engagement. (a) Simple slope of financial stress on work engagement (b) Effect of financial stress on work engagement with Johnson-Neyman confidence bands.

Figure 3 Interaction between work engagement and emotion exhaustion on job performance. (a) Simple slope of work engagement on job performance. (b) Effect of work engagement on job performance with Johnson-Neyman confidence bands.

Data Sharing Statement

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.