Structural Equation Modeling-Based Multi-Group Analysis: Examining ‎the Role of Gender and Specialization in the Relationships between ‎Procrastination, Workload Demands, Perceived Control of Time, and ‎Emotional Exhaustion.‎

The current research aims to verify the existence of differences due to the gender (males - females), as well as to the specialization (scientific - literary) in the emotional exhaustion. It also aims to verify the gender (males - females) and the specialization (scientific - literary) as a variable modifying the relationship between perceived control of time and emotional exhaustion. The research also attempts to reach the best structural model for the relationships between procrastination, workload demands, perceived control of time, and emotional exhaustion according to the gender (males - females), and according to the specialization (scientific - literary), The number of the pilot sample was (104) male and female students from the Faculty of Education, Zagazig University. They were chosen randomly, and the research tools were applied to them, which are (procrastination scale- Workload Demands- perceived control of time scale - - emotional exhaustion scale). These scales were adopted, translated and arabized. After the researcher was assured of the reliability and validity of the scales, they were applied to the final research sample, which consisted of (781) male and female students from the Faculty of Education, Zagazig University, and they were also selected randomly, to verify the research hypotheses. The statistical methods used in the research were: t-test for independent samples, moderation analysis using multiple linear regression analysis, and Structural Equation Modeling-Based Multi-Group Analysis. The results indicated that there were differences due to the gender variable in favor of females and the specialization variable in favor of scientific in the emotional exhaustion variable. There was also an effect of the gender and specialization variables as moderating variables on the relationship between perceived control of time and emotional exhaustion. The research results also concluded that there was an indirect effect of procrastination on emotional exhaustion. Emotional exhaustion through perceived control of time as a mediator among a sample of scientific specialization.