When Cultural Resources Amplify Psychological Strain: Off-Work Music Listening, Homophily, and the Homesickness–Burnout Link Among Migrant Workers
Hundreds of millions of migrants experience frequent homesickness that affects their psychological wellbeing. This study integrates the job-demands–resources model and temporal comparison theory to examine how music listening and similar activities involving coworker homophily and roommate homophily...
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| description | Hundreds of millions of migrants experience frequent homesickness that affects their psychological wellbeing. This study integrates the job-demands–resources model and temporal comparison theory to examine how music listening and similar activities involving coworker homophily and roommate homophily influence the relationship between homesickness and burnout. Our analysis of survey data from 2493 migrant workers reveals that off-work music listening strengthens the positive relationship between homesickness and burnout. Furthermore, coworker homophily and roommate homophily enhance the strength of the interaction between off-work music listening and homesickness as a predictor of burnout. Our findings demonstrate how seemingly supportive job resources can transform into psychological demands and thus have important theoretical and managerial implications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b6210c28307d4ba8ac8bdcd6e3a91b812025-08-20T03:14:30ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2025-05-0115566610.3390/bs15050666When Cultural Resources Amplify Psychological Strain: Off-Work Music Listening, Homophily, and the Homesickness–Burnout Link Among Migrant WorkersChenyuan Gu0Zhuang Ma1Xiaoying Li2Jianjun Zhang3Qihai Huang4School of Music and Dance, Communication University of Zhejiang, Hangzhou 310018, ChinaHuddersfield Business School, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UKDepartment of Strategy, Operations and Entrepreneurship, University of Essex, Essex CO4 3SQ, UKGuanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaHuddersfield Business School, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UKHundreds of millions of migrants experience frequent homesickness that affects their psychological wellbeing. This study integrates the job-demands–resources model and temporal comparison theory to examine how music listening and similar activities involving coworker homophily and roommate homophily influence the relationship between homesickness and burnout. Our analysis of survey data from 2493 migrant workers reveals that off-work music listening strengthens the positive relationship between homesickness and burnout. Furthermore, coworker homophily and roommate homophily enhance the strength of the interaction between off-work music listening and homesickness as a predictor of burnout. Our findings demonstrate how seemingly supportive job resources can transform into psychological demands and thus have important theoretical and managerial implications.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15/5/666homesicknessmusic listeningmigranthomophilyjob resources and demandsburnout |
| spellingShingle | Chenyuan Gu Zhuang Ma Xiaoying Li Jianjun Zhang Qihai Huang When Cultural Resources Amplify Psychological Strain: Off-Work Music Listening, Homophily, and the Homesickness–Burnout Link Among Migrant Workers Behavioral Sciences homesickness music listening migrant homophily job resources and demands burnout |
| title | When Cultural Resources Amplify Psychological Strain: Off-Work Music Listening, Homophily, and the Homesickness–Burnout Link Among Migrant Workers |
| title_full | When Cultural Resources Amplify Psychological Strain: Off-Work Music Listening, Homophily, and the Homesickness–Burnout Link Among Migrant Workers |
| title_fullStr | When Cultural Resources Amplify Psychological Strain: Off-Work Music Listening, Homophily, and the Homesickness–Burnout Link Among Migrant Workers |
| title_full_unstemmed | When Cultural Resources Amplify Psychological Strain: Off-Work Music Listening, Homophily, and the Homesickness–Burnout Link Among Migrant Workers |
| title_short | When Cultural Resources Amplify Psychological Strain: Off-Work Music Listening, Homophily, and the Homesickness–Burnout Link Among Migrant Workers |
| title_sort | when cultural resources amplify psychological strain off work music listening homophily and the homesickness burnout link among migrant workers |
| topic | homesickness music listening migrant homophily job resources and demands burnout |
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