Meta-Motivation and its Relation to Emotional Labour and Mental Fatigue among  Pre-service Practitioners at Yarmouk University

Hamzeh  Al Rababah; Abeer  Al-Momani

doi:10.35516/edu.v49i1.721

Authors

Hamzeh Al Rababah Yarmouk University, Jordan.
Abeer Al-Momani Yarmouk University, Jordan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/edu.v49i1.721

Keywords:

Meta- Motivation, Emotional Labour, Mental Fatigue, Pre- service Practitioners

Abstract

This study aims at investigating meta-motivation and its relation to emotional labour and mental fatigue among a sample of (391) students randomly selected from Yarmouk university during the first semester of the academic year 2019/2020. To achieve the aims of the study, Chen's (1995) meta- motivation scale, Johansson and Runback's (2014) mental fatigue scale, and emotional labour scale were used in the study. The results of the study revealed high meta-motivation level, high deep emotional labour level, moderate surface emotional labour level, and low mental fatigue level. The results also revealed that there were no statistically significant differences in meta-motivation level, surface and deep emotional labour and mental fatigue due to gender. There were no statistically significant differences in meta-motivation level and deep emotional labour due to the specialization. Finally, the results revealed a positive correlation between meta-motivation and surface and deep emotional labour, and a negative correlation between meta-motivation and mental fatigue.

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