Job Demands and Burnout Syndrome of Private Company Workers

The Burnout Syndrome among Women Working in the Retail Network in Associations with Psychosocial Work Environment Factors

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18115603 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (11) ◽

pp. 5603

Author(s):

Gintarė Kalinienė ◽

Dalia Lukšienė ◽

Rūta Ustinavičienė ◽

Lina Škėmienė ◽

Vidmantas Januškevičius

Keyword(s):

Logistic Regression ◽

Work Environment ◽

Human Resources Management ◽

Job Demands ◽

Psychosocial Work Environment ◽

Burnout Syndrome ◽

Multivariate Logistic Regression Model ◽

Multivariable Logistic Regression Analysis ◽

Psychosocial Work ◽

Work Related

The burnout syndrome is a significant occupational health problem in various employees’ populations. The aim of this study was to evaluate burnout level among retail network workers and its associations with psychosocial work environment. The cross-sectional epidemiological study was conducted on workers of one Lithuanian retail network (n = 254), where all respondents were women. In order to assess their occupational stress and burnout, two instruments were used: HSE management standards work-related stress indicator tool and Copenhagen burnout inventory (CBI). The statistical analysis showed high prevalence of burnout—the frequency of personal, work-related and client-related burnout was 53.5%, 66.5% and 55.5% respectively. The Spearman’s correlation analysis revealed that job demands, control manager’s support, coworkers’ support and relationships significantly associated with all burnout subscales. The multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the independent associations between HSE indicators and burnout subscales. The multivariate logistic regression model revealed that job demands and manager’s support were significant factors for all burnout dimensions. In conclusion, in order to reduce occupational burnout among employees working in retail companies, it would be useful for occupational interventions to focus on workload reduction and optimization, and for the human resources management strategy to focus on maintaining this.

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Compensatory Coping Through the Extension of Working Hours

Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie A&O ◽

10.1026/0932-4089/a000285 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 63 (3) ◽

pp. 115-128 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maie Stein ◽

Sylvie Vincent-Höper ◽

Nicole Deci ◽

Sabine Gregersen ◽

Albert Nienhaus

Keyword(s):

Job Demands ◽

Working Hours ◽

Well Being ◽

Leader Member Exchange ◽

Workplace Health ◽

High Quality ◽

Data Analyses ◽

Member Exchange ◽

The Relationship ◽

Advance Knowledge

Abstract. To advance knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the relationship between leadership and employees’ well-being, this study examines leaders’ effects on their employees’ compensatory coping efforts. Using an extension of the job demands–resources model, we propose that high-quality leader–member exchange (LMX) allows employees to cope with high job demands without increasing their effort expenditure through the extension of working hours. Data analyses ( N = 356) revealed that LMX buffers the effect of quantitative demands on the extension of working hours such that the indirect effect of quantitative demands on emotional exhaustion is only significant at low and average levels of LMX. This study indicates that integrating leadership with employees’ coping efforts into a unifying model contributes to understanding how leadership is related to employees’ well-being. The notion that leaders can affect their employees’ use of compensatory coping efforts that detract from well-being offers promising approaches to the promotion of workplace health.

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The Conceptualization and Measurement of Job Crafting

Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie A&O ◽

10.1026/0932-4089/a000219 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 60 (4) ◽

pp. 173-186 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Philipp Wolfgang Lichtenthaler ◽

Andrea Fischbach

Keyword(s):

Factor Structure ◽

Work Engagement ◽

Job Demands ◽

Job Crafting ◽

Future Research ◽

Validity Study ◽

German Version ◽

Total N ◽

Structure Reliability ◽

German Speaking

Abstract. This research redefined the job demands–resources (JD-R) job crafting model ( Tims & Bakker, 2010 ) to resolve theoretical and empirical inconsistencies regarding the crafting of job demands and developed a German version of the Job Crafting Scale (JCS; Tims, Bakker, & Derks, 2012 ) in two separate studies (total N = 512). In Study 1 the German version of the JCS was developed and tested for its factor structure, reliability, and construct validity. Study 2 dealt with the validity of our redefined JD-R job crafting model. The results show that, like the original version, the German version comprises four job crafting types, and the German version of the JCS is a valid and reliable generic measure that can be used for future research with German-speaking samples. Evidence for the redefined JD-R job crafting model was based on findings relating job crafting to work engagement and emotional exhaustion.

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Challenge Demands, Hindrance Demands, and Psychological Need Satisfaction

Journal of Personnel Psychology ◽

10.1027/1866-5888/a000122 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 70-79 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Simon L. Albrecht

Keyword(s):

Work Engagement ◽

Job Demands ◽

Self Determination Theory ◽

Structural Equations ◽

Need Satisfaction ◽

Self Determination ◽

Job Resources ◽

Mediating Effects ◽

Psychological Need ◽

Practical Implications

The job demands-resources (JD-R) model provides a well-validated account of how job resources and job demands influence work engagement, burnout, and their constituent dimensions. The present study aimed to extend previous research by including challenge demands not widely examined in the context of the JD-R. Furthermore, and extending self-determination theory, the research also aimed to investigate the potential mediating effects that employees’ need satisfaction as regards their need for autonomy, need for belongingness, need for competence, and need for achievement, as components of a higher order needs construct, may have on the relationships between job demands and engagement. Structural equations modeling across two independent samples generally supported the proposed relationships. Further research opportunities, practical implications, and study limitations are discussed.

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