AUTHOR=Xie Xiaoxia , Tu Yulu , Huang Chienchung TITLE=Intercultural communication competence and job burnout in MNC employees: the mediation role of job stress JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=15 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1339604 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1339604 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=

This study examined the relationship between intercultural communication competence (ICC) and job burnout, as well as the mediating effects of job stress, using data collected from employees (n = 1,064) from a Chinese multinational corporation in Brunei. Through regression analysis and mediation effect tests, we found that ICC was negatively associated with job burnout (β = −0.19, p < 0.001) and job stress (β = −0.08, p < 0.001). Job stress was positively associated with job burnout (β = 0.65, p < 0.001). Job stress played a partial mediating role between ICC and job burnout. The total effect of ICC on job burnout was −0.19, the direct effect was −0.14, and the indirect effect of ICC via job stress was −0.05. The findings call for ICC training for employees in multinational corporations.