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Understanding the dynamics of occupational stigma and employee negligence: the role of ego depletion and emotional intelligence - BMC Psychology
link.springer.comBackground This study aims to investigate how occupational stigma consciousness impacts employee negligence behavior with the mediating role of ego depletion and moderating role of emotional intelligence in the healthcare sector of China. Drawing on self-regulation theory and emotional intelligence literature, we propose that while occupational stigma depletes employees’ psychological resources, emotional intelligence serves as a personal capability that may buffer the adverse emotional and cognitive effects of stigma, making its moderating role theoretically meaningful in this context. Methods Hypotheses were tested using data collected from 247 healthcare employees in China through a three-wave time-lag design. Specifically, occupational stigma consciousness was measured at Time 1, ego depletion at Time 2 (four weeks later), and employee negligence behavior at Time 3 (four weeks after Time 2). Results The results direct occupational stigma consciousness increases employee negligence behavior. The author also found ego depletion mediates the relationship between occupational stigma consciousness and employee negligence behavior. However, the buffering role of emotional intelligence was not established.