Next to cynicism and professional efficacy, emotional exhaustion is a common component of scales that measure symptoms of burnout and has been referred to as the stress dimension of burnout (Maslach et al., 2001, p. 403). More specifically, Maslach and Jackson (1981, p. 101) define it as “feelings of being emotionally overextended and exhausted by one’s work.” In line with previous research on digital stress (e.g., Ayyagari et al., 2011; Tams et al., 2014), it is expected that digital stressors will be positively related to emotional exhaustion.
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