Fear of future violence at work and job burnout: A diary study on the role of psychological violence and job control

•Fluctuations in fear of future violence are linked to both emotional exhaustion and cynicism at the within-person level.•Job control moderated the within-person relationship of fear of future violence with emotional exhaustion.•The relationship of future violence with emotional exhaustion was stronger for workers low in job control.•Employees with a greater sense of job control were less likely to translate fear of future violence into emotional exhaustion.