Understanding the dynamics of occupational stigma and employee negligence: the role of ego depletion and emotional intelligence

Key Points

• The research aims to explore how occupational stigma influences employee negligence through the lens of ego depletion.
• Analyzed the relationship between occupational stigma and employee negligence behavior.
• Investigated the mediating role of ego depletion in this relationship.
• Assessed the buffering effect of emotional intelligence on the identified relationships.
• Increased occupational stigma consciousness correlates with heightened employee negligence behavior.
• Ego depletion serves as a mediator between occupational stigma consciousness and employee negligence.
• No supportive evidence found for emotional intelligence buffering the relationship.