The impact of professional networking and burnout on the organizational and professional commitment of human resources professionals

Abstract

This study examines the moderating relationship of professional networking on the relationships between job burnout and organizational and professional commitment among human resources (HR) professionals. It is a unique investigation of HR professionals and advances social capital theory by providing evidence of the positive effects related to commitment, as well as exploring the moderation of the relationship between burnout and commitment. This study provides evidence that professional networking has a significant positive moderating influence on the relationship between burnout and commitment. The results provide insight into factors that assist HR professionals in lessening the effects of burnout with regard to its relationship with commitment. Professionals in HR have become more integral in organizations’ strategies, processes, and protocols. Burnout and lack of both professional and organizational commitment among this group of employees could be detrimental to organizations. Utilizing ordinary least squares to examine these relationships, this study found that burnout significantly impacts both professional and organizational commitment.