The Mediating Role of Job Burnout between Toxic Workplace Environment and Employee Mental Well-Being: The Influence of Resilience as a Moderator

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the intricate connections among toxic work environments, job burnout, mental health, and employee well-being, as well as the moderating function of resilience in these interactions. Despite rising concerns about workplace toxicity and its effects on employee health, the mechanisms by which these factors interact are still not well understood. Validated measures were used throughout the research effort to assess a range of factors, including as resilience, mental health, job burnout, and dangerous work settings. The results show that employees' mental health is negatively impacted by toxic work environments, and that job burnout serves as a mediator and adds to the relationship between the two. Furthermore, it has been shown that resilience may lessen the negative effects that toxic workplaces have on burnout at work as well as the link that burnout and mental health have. Resilience's ability to lessen the impact of harmful environments served as evidence for this. More specifically, people with higher resilience shown a stronger ability to withstand the detrimental impacts of toxic environments and were less likely to have a decline in their mental health due to job burnout. This was particularly true for people with greater resilience levels. The study may prove beneficial to organisations that want to enhance work environments and assist employees' mental health when confronted with workplace issues, as it furnishes them with valuable insights that may augment their endeavours.