The Mediating Role of Work-to-Home Resource between Optimism and Emotional Exhaustion: The Nigerian Experience in Caregiving Practice

Abstract

The study was conceived with the main thrust of determining ways of reducing emotional exhaustion through the predictive role of optimism. We also tested the intervening role of work to home resources to understand the mechanism through which the proposed direct relationship exists. A total of 369 participants were drawn from the population of nurses practicing in 17 local government area of Plateau State Nigeria. The results obtained from the analyses conducted using SMART-PLS 3.0 revealed that optimism associate negatively with emotional exhaustion. Work to home resources was found to mediate the relationship between optimism and emotional exhaustion. We discussed the implication of findings on theory and practice.