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Title: The impact of leader workaholism on working students’ emotional exhaustion and school withdrawal

Team: Jesus & Eric

Sample: N = 115 (full sample)


Key Variables for Analysis

Variable Description Items Scale
MWS_5-8 Leader Workaholism - Cognitive 4 items 1-5 Likert
ICT frequency After-hours ICT use 1 item 1-5 Frequency
Emotional exhaustion_1-5 Emotional Exhaustion 5 items 1-5 Likert
psyc_withdrawal_1.1-8.1 School Psychological Withdrawal 8 items 1-5 Frequency

All Variables

Demographics & Screening

Variable Description
ResponseId Unique response identifier
Q98 Consent to participate
employstatus Are you currently employed?
Q116 Are you presently enrolled in classes at a college or university?
Age_1 How old are you?
Gender Please indicate your gender
race Race/ethnicity (selected choice)
race_7_TEXT Race - Other (text)
edu What is your highest academic degree?
marital Current marital status
parental status Number of children
Q121 Age of youngest child

Work Characteristics

Variable Description
orgten_years_1 How long have you worked in your current organization? (years)
industry What industry do you currently work in?
industry_13_TEXT Industry - Other (text)
working hours_1 Average hours worked per week last month
dyadic tenure _1 How long working with supervisor (years)
dyadic tenure _4 How long working with supervisor (months)
manage Are you currently supervising/managing 2+ subordinates?
Q138 Current annual salary before taxes (USD)

Health Variables

Variable Description
Q123 How would you rate your overall health today?
Q124 Compared to others your age, how would you rate your health?
Q125 Trajectory of your health over the past year?

Reproductive Health (Female participants)

Variable Description
Q141 Do you use hormonal contraceptives?
Q143_1 Do you limit or carefully control the foods that you eat?
Q143_2 Do you currently or have you ever suffered from an eating disorder?
Q145 Have you had a menstrual period in the last three months?
Q146 How many menstrual periods have you had in the last year?
Q149 How long is your typical menstrual cycle?
Q151 How would you describe your menstrual cycle in terms of regularity?
Q152 How frequently do you experience menstrual bleeding?
Q153 Rate the extent of heavy menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia)
Q154 Rate the intensity of menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea)
Q155 To what extent are you currently planning/considering becoming pregnant?
Q156 To what extent would you like to get pregnant at some point?
Q157 When would you like to get pregnant?
Q159 How many children have you delivered?

Sleep Quality (Q144_1-4)

Variable Description
Q144_1 Have trouble falling asleep?
Q144_2 Wake up several times per night?
Q144_3 Have trouble staying asleep?
Q144_4 Wake up feeling tired and worn out?

Challenge/Hindrance Appraisal (Q129, Q130)

Variable Description
Q129_1 Challenge - Working to fulfill demands helps personal growth
Q129_2 Challenge - Job demands challenge me to achieve goals
Q129_3 Challenge - Job promotes personal accomplishment
Q130_1 Hindrance - Job demands thwart personal growth
Q130_2 Hindrance - Job demands constrain achievement
Q130_3 Hindrance - Job hinders personal accomplishment
Variable Description
Q132_1 Job-related anxiety - tense
Q132_2 Job-related anxiety - worried
Q132_3 Job-related anxiety - uneasy
Q134_1 Job-related depression - miserable
Q134_2 Job-related depression - depressed
Q134_3 Job-related depression - gloomy

Personal Life Affect (Q133, Q135)

Variable Description
Q133_1 Personal life anxiety - tense
Q133_2 Personal life anxiety - worried
Q133_3 Personal life anxiety - uneasy
Q135_1 Personal life depression - miserable
Q135_2 Personal life depression - depressed
Q135_3 Personal life depression - gloomy

Work Goal Progress (Q136_1-3)

Variable Description
Q136_1 I made good progress on my work goals
Q136_2 At work, I was productive
Q136_3 I fulfilled my roles and responsibilities at work effectively

Leader Workaholism Scale (MWS_1-16, MWS_A)

Scale: 1 = Strongly disagree, 2 = Somewhat disagree, 3 = Neither agree nor disagree, 4 = Somewhat agree, 5 = Strongly agree

Behavioral Subscale (MWS_1-4)

Variable Item
MWS_1 My supervisor seems to work beyond what is reasonably expected
MWS_2 My supervisor tends to be busy and have many “irons in the fire”
MWS_3 My supervisor appears to have an inner drive that pushes them to work hard
MWS_4 My supervisor seems to be in a hurry and racing against the clock

Cognitive Subscale (MWS_5-8) - KEY VARIABLE

Variable Item
MWS_5 It feels like my supervisor cannot stop themself from thinking about working
MWS_6 In general, it seems that my supervisor spends their free time thinking about work
MWS_7 It seems that at any given time, the majority of my supervisor’s thoughts are work related
MWS_8 It seems that it is difficult for my supervisor to stop thinking about work when they stop working

Affective Subscale (MWS_9-12)

Variable Item
MWS_9 My supervisor seems to enjoy spending time at work more than doing anything else
MWS_10 My supervisor appears to feel uncomfortable if they cannot engage in some form of work
MWS_11 My supervisor seems to get impatient when they have to take time away from work activities
MWS_12 My supervisor seems to feel guilty when they take time off from work

Social Pressure Subscale (MWS_13-16)

Variable Item
MWS_13 It seems that for my supervisor, other people’s expectations of their work performance are high
MWS_14 It seems that for my supervisor, important people in their life expect them to always be productive
MWS_15 It seems that for my supervisor, significant others would be upset if they work less hard
MWS_16 It seems that for my supervisor, people in their life expect them to do their best at work all the time
MWS_A Attention check item

Supervisor Mistreatment (Q139_1-3)

Variable Description
Q139_1 Supervisor mistreatment item 1
Q139_2 Supervisor mistreatment item 2
Q139_3 Supervisor mistreatment item 3

Psychological Entitlement (Entitlement_1-9, Entitlement_A)

Variable Description
Entitlement_1-9 Beliefs about entitlement relative to others at organization
Entitlement_A Attention check item

ICT Demands - KEY VARIABLE

Variable Description
ICT frequency How often you used work-related ICTs outside formal work hours in the past week

Scale: 1 = Never, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = About half the time, 4 = Most of the time, 5 = Almost always

Emotional Exhaustion - KEY VARIABLE

Scale: 1 = Strongly disagree, 2 = Somewhat disagree, 3 = Neither agree nor disagree, 4 = Somewhat agree, 5 = Strongly agree

Variable Item
Emotional exhaustion_1 I feel emotionally drained from my work
Emotional exhaustion_2 I feel fatigued when I have to get up in the morning to face another day on the job
Emotional exhaustion_3 I feel “burned out” from my work
Emotional exhaustion_4 I feel like I’m at the end of my rope
Emotional exhaustion_5 I feel “used up” at the end of the day

Work Psychological Withdrawal (psyc_withdrawal_1-8, psyc_withdrawal_A)

Scale: 1 = Never, 2 = Rarely, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often, 5 = Always

Variable Item
psyc_withdrawal_1 I have thoughts of being absent (work)
psyc_withdrawal_2 I chat with co-workers about non-work topics
psyc_withdrawal_3 I left work station for unnecessary reasons
psyc_withdrawal_4 I daydream at work
psyc_withdrawal_5 I spent work time on personal matters
psyc_withdrawal_6 I put less effort into job than should have
psyc_withdrawal_7 I have thoughts of leaving current job
psyc_withdrawal_8 I let others do my work
psyc_withdrawal_A Attention check item

Academic Information

Variable Description
Q117 What is your current academic major?
Q118 What is your year of study?
Q119 How many credit hours are you taking this semester?

School Psychological Withdrawal - KEY VARIABLE

Scale: 1 = Never, 2 = Rarely, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often, 5 = Always

Variable Item
psyc_withdrawal_1.1 I have thoughts of being absent for the class
psyc_withdrawal_2.1 During the class, I chat or text messages with classmates about non-work topics
psyc_withdrawal_3.1 I left classroom for unnecessary reasons
psyc_withdrawal_4.1 I daydream at my class
psyc_withdrawal_5.1 In my class, I spent time on personal matters
psyc_withdrawal_6.1 I put less effort into my class than should have
psyc_withdrawal_7.1 I have thoughts of leaving current program in my school
psyc_withdrawal_8.1 In my class, I let other team members do my assignments

School Emotional Exhaustion (Q137_1-3)

Variable Description
Q137_1 School emotional exhaustion item 1
Q137_2 School emotional exhaustion item 2
Q137_3 School emotional exhaustion item 3

School Goal Progress (Q140_1-3)

Variable Description
Q140_1 I made good progress on my academic goals
Q140_2 In my academic endeavors, I was productive
Q140_3 I fulfilled my roles and responsibilities within the program effectively

Computing Composite Scores

MWS_Cognitive = MEAN(MWS_5, MWS_6, MWS_7, MWS_8)
Emotional_Exhaustion = MEAN(Emotional exhaustion_1, ..., Emotional exhaustion_5)
School_Withdrawal = MEAN(psyc_withdrawal_1.1, ..., psyc_withdrawal_8.1)

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