Table 1
Means, Standard Deviations, and Correlations Between the Study Measures (Study 1).
| M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Autonomy | 3.42 | .78 | |||
| 2. Autonomy2 | 1.00 | 1.50 | –.20** | ||
| 3. Job Design Demands | 3.80 | .66 | .41** | .12* | |
| 4. Emotional Exhaustion | 3.34 | 1.48 | –.22** | .08 | .01 |
[i] Note: Autonomy2 = Squared value for autonomy. * p < .05; ** p < .01.

Figure 1
Overview of the Proposed Research Model.
Table 2
Means, Standard Deviations, and Correlations Between the Study Measures (Study 2).
| M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autonomy | 3.67 | .87 | |||||
| 2 | Planning Demands | 3.66 | .83 | .30** | ||||
| 3 | Demands to Regulate Effort | 3.50 | .87 | .37** | .75** | |||
| 4 | Development Demands | 2.70 | .90 | .20** | .17** | .32** | ||
| 5 | Cognitive Irritation_T1 | 2.66 | 1.05 | –.19** | .01 | .05 | .23** | |
| 6 | Cognitive Irritation_T2 | 2.58 | 1.11 | –.16* | –.04 | .40 | .28** | .64** |
[i] Note: * p < .05; ** p < .01.

Figure 2
Mediated Effect of Autonomy via JDD.
