Areas of Worklife as predictors of Occupational Health - A validation study in two German samples
Conclusions The six areas of worklife have been shown to be significant predictors of health-related outcomes. Based on the current studies, the German translation of the AWS can be proposed as a reliable and valid instrument to identify and specify critical work-related areas for occupational health. (Source: Burnout Research)
Source: Burnout Research - May 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Revisiting the interplay between burnout and work engagement: An Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) approach
This study aimed to investigate the interplay between burnout and work engagement. More specifically, we examined the energy and identification continua theorized to underlie the relationship between burnout and work engagement by simultaneously evaluating the factorial structure of the Maslach Burnout Inventory–General Survey (MBI–GS) and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). Results from Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) offered little support for these continua, suggesting that burnout and work engagement are not diametrical counterparts. Moreover, ESEM significantly altered the relationships burno...
Source: Burnout Research - May 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Life Stress as Potential Risk Factor for Depression and Burnout
Conclusion By considering the influence of life stress it could be demonstrated that depression and burnout are not identical although they share substantial phenotypic variance (r=.46 – r=.61). Most important, the trivariate associations are the same in a representative employee sample and in an inpatient clinical clinical sample suggesting the same underlying mechanisms covering the whole range from normal behavior to psychopathology. However, only longitudinal data can show if burnout necessarily turns into depression with the consequence that the burnout – life stress association approaches the depression – life ...
Source: Burnout Research - March 18, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Attachment styles at work: Measurement, collegial relationships, and burnout
This study suggests that employees with high attachment anxiety tend to be more closely involved in work relationships and processes, but this closeness comes at a cost in that they experience more strain when participating in social encounters. (Source: Burnout Research)
Source: Burnout Research - March 17, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Mediating Relationship of Self-Awareness on Supervisor Burnout and Workgroup Civility & Psychological Safety
Publication date: Available online 14 March 2015 Source:Burnout Research Author(s): William Hernandez , Amy Luthanen , Dee Ramsel , Katerine Osatuke The purpose of this study was to examine whether managerial self-awareness (defined as degree of agreement between self and subordinate ratings of leaders’ behaviors) mediates the relationship between supervisor burnout and supervised workgroup climate. Using an HLM approach, supervisor emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment exhibited significant indirect relationships with workplace civility and psychological safety, via managerial self-...
Source: Burnout Research - March 14, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Attachment Styles at Work: Measurement, Collegial Relationships, and Burnout1
This study suggests that employees with high attachment anxiety tend to be more closely involved in work relationships and processes, but this closeness comes at a cost in that they experience more strain when participating in social encounters. (Source: Burnout Research)
Source: Burnout Research - March 10, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Internal structure of an alternative measure of burnout: Study on the Slovenian adaptation of the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI)
This study evaluates the factorial validity and reliability of the Slovenian adaptation of the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) in a sample of 1436 Slovenian employees of various occupations. Confirmatory factor analyses were used to evaluate alternative structural models of OLBI, and reliability of variant scales was estimated. The results reveal a different structure of the Slovenian adaptation compared with the original one and a very notable difference in reliability between positively and negatively framed items. The results could be explained with a response bias or the specific nature of burnout and work engagemen...
Source: Burnout Research - February 21, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Measuring Job and Academic Burnout With the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI): Factorial Invariance Across Samples and Countries
This study examined the factor structure and measurement invariance of the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) across different groups (German employees vs. German students) and tested academic burnout across samples from different countries (Greek vs. German students). Our results supported the proposed two-factor structure for each sample separately. In addition, multigroup analyses partially supported the equivalence of job and academic burnout within the German samples and the equivalence of academic burnout across Greek and German students. In sum, we suggest that the OLBI is a robust instrument for the measurement of ...
Source: Burnout Research - January 3, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Chronic job burnout and daily functioning: A theoretical analysis
Publication date: Available online 22 May 2014 Source:Burnout Research Author(s): Arnold B. Bakker , Patrícia L. Costa In this article, we discuss the individual employee's role in the development of his/her job burnout. We review the antecedents and consequences of burnout, and propose a model with chronic burnout as a moderator of daily functioning in the workplace. Specifically, we argue that chronic burnout strengthens the loss cycle of daily job demands, daily exhaustion, and daily self-undermining. Additionally, we argue that chronic burnout weakens the gain cycle of daily job resources, daily work engagement,...
Source: Burnout Research - November 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The inevitability of physician burnout: Implications for interventions
Publication date: June 2014 Source:Burnout Research, Volume 1, Issue 1 Author(s): Anthony Montgomery For physicians, burnout is the inevitable consequence of the way that medical education is organised and the subsequent maladaptive behaviours that are reinforced in healthcare organisations via the hidden curriculum. Thus, burnout is an important indicator of how the organisation itself is functioning. A central theme in this paper will be the degree to which the organisational systems are responsible for the disconnect between performance and physician health. Healthcare pays considerable ‘lip-service’ to systems...
Source: Burnout Research - November 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Burnout, work engagement and workaholism among highly educated employees: Profiles, antecedents and outcomes
Publication date: June 2014 Source:Burnout Research, Volume 1, Issue 1 Author(s): Hely Innanen , Asko Tolvanen , Katariina Salmela-Aro The present study examined the longitudinal profiles of burnout, engagement and workaholism among highly educated employees. First, the latent profile modeling indicated two latent classes: Engaged and Exhausted-Workaholic. Second, the results revealed that employees with the Engaged profile experienced high levels of energy and dedication, whereas employees with the Exhausted-Workaholic profile experienced exhaustion, cynicism and workaholism. Social pessimism in the transition from...
Source: Burnout Research - November 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Relationship between burnout and depressive symptoms: A study using the person-centred approach
We examined how the symptom clusters and trajectories are related to the baseline sociodemographic and psychosocial work characteristics. At baseline, burnout and depressive symptoms clustered into three groups: low, intermediate, and high level of symptoms. Four developmental trajectories – low, high, increasing and decreasing symptoms – emerged in the longitudinal analysis. The psychosocial work characteristics were reflected in the level and development of the symptoms. The results support the conceptual similarity between burnout and depressive symptoms in the work context. (Source: Burnout Research)
Source: Burnout Research - November 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
New nurses burnout and workplace wellbeing: The influence of authentic leadership and psychological capital
This study investigated the influence of authentic leadership, an organizational resource, and psychological capital, an intrapersonal resource, on new graduate burnout, occupational satisfaction, and workplace mental health over the first year of employment (n =205). Results supported the protective role of organizational and intrapersonal resources against burnout, job dissatisfaction, and mental health. (Source: Burnout Research)
Source: Burnout Research - November 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Engaged or exhausted—How does it affect dentists’ clinical productivity?
Publication date: June 2014 Source:Burnout Research, Volume 1, Issue 1 Author(s): Jari J. Hakanen , Jaakko Koivumäki This cross-sectional study examines whether job burnout (exhaustion) and work engagement are associated with the clinical productivity of dentists measured by the amount of paid procedure fees in a single month. We conducted an OLS regression analyses of data on dentists working at municipal health centers in Finland (N =269; response rate 37%). The results indicated that work engagement was positively associated with the amount of procedure fees and consequently with dentists’ pay level after sever...
Source: Burnout Research - November 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Loss and gain cycles? A longitudinal study about burnout, engagement and self-efficacy
Publication date: June 2014 Source:Burnout Research, Volume 1, Issue 1 Author(s): Susana Llorens-Gumbau , Marisa Salanova-Soria The present longitudinal study (two waves), conducted on a population of 274 secondary-school teachers, expands on previous research on burnout and work engagement. Accordingly, the effect of organizational factors (obstacles, facilitators) as well as personal resources (self-efficacy) on burnout and engagement is tested longitudinally following the Social Cognitive Theory. More specifically, we test the loss and gain cycles, and reciprocal relationships concerning burnout, engagement, and s...
Source: Burnout Research - November 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
