The Nexus between Job Burnout and Emotional Intelligence on Turnover Intention in Oil and Gas Companies in the UAE

TL;DR

This study investigates how job burnout, emotional intelligence, and job satisfaction influence turnover intentions in UAE oil and gas companies, highlighting the importance of job satisfaction as a mediating factor.

Contribution

It uniquely examines the mediating role of job satisfaction between job burnout and turnover intentions in the context of UAE oil and gas industry.

Findings

Job burnout, emotional intelligence, and job satisfaction are positively associated with turnover intentions.

Job satisfaction mediates the relationship between job burnout and turnover intentions.

Enhancing job satisfaction can help reduce turnover intentions.

Abstract

Currently, job satisfaction and turnover intentions are the significant issues for oil and gas companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). These issues need to be addressed soon for the performance of the oil and gas companies. Thus, the aim related to the current study is to examine the impact of job burnout, emotional intelligence, and job satisfaction on the turnover intentions of the oil and gas companies in the UAE. The goals of this research also include the examination of mediating the influence of job satisfaction alongside the nexus of job burnout and turnover intentions of the oil and gas companies in the UAE. The questionnaire method was adopted to collect the data from the respondents, and Smart-PLS were employed to analyse the data. The results show that job burnout, emotional intelligence, and job satisfaction have a positive association with turnover intentions. In contrast, job satisfaction positively mediates the nexus between job burnout and turnover intentions. These results provide the guidelines to the policymakers that they should enhance their focus on job satisfaction and turnover intentions of the employees that improve the firm performance.