Trends in Surgeon Wellness (Take a Sad Song and Make it Better): A Comparison of Surgical Residents, Fellows, and Attendings

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
pp. 579-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Jackson ◽  
Jake Morgan ◽  
Diane Jackson ◽  
Taylor Cook ◽  
Kevin McLean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Wellness Programs ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Lower Prevalence ◽  
Physician Burnout ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Surgical Residents ◽  
Level Of Experience

We aim to investigate the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), physician burnout (PBO), and work–life balance (WLB) among surgical residents, fellows, and attendings to illustrate the trends in surgeon wellness. A cross-sectional national survey of surgical residents, fellows, and attendings was conducted screening for PTSD, PBO, and WLB. The prevalence of screening positive for PTSD was more than two times that of the general population at all levels of experience, and more than half have an unhealthy WLB. The prevalence of PTSD, PBO, and unhealthy WLB declined with increasing level of experience ( P < 0.001). One deviation in this trend was a lower prevalence of PBO among surgical fellows compared with residents and attendings ( P < 0.001). Surgeon wellness improved with increasing level of experience. The incorporation of wellness programs into surgical residencies is essential to the professional development of young surgeons to cultivate healthy lasting habits for a well-balanced career and life.

scholarly journals Green Work-Life Balance and Greenwashing the Construct of Work-Life Balance: Myth and Reality

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4556
Author(s):  
Anuradha Iddagoda ◽  
Eglantina Hysa ◽  
Helena Bulińska-Stangrecka ◽  
Otilia Manta
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Green Human Resource Management ◽  
The Impact

Some of the frequently used buzz words in the corporate sector include green leadership, green human resource management, green employee engagement and green work-life balance. The intention of this article is to identify and examine the logical reasons that govern “green work-life balance” or, in simple terms, “greenwashing” work-life balance. The paper also aims at providing a comprehensive conceptualization of work-life balance, while thoroughly examining the components of measuring the construct. Based on a cross-sectional study in the banking industry with a sample of 170 managerial employees, this study analyzes the impact of work-life balance on employee job performance mediated by employee engagement. Results support the assumed relationship between work-life balance and employee job performance embedded in employee engagement. The theoretical contribution of this study concerns the application of role behavior theory to describe the mechanisms shaping the relationship between work-life balance and job performance through employee engagement. The practical implications of the paper include recommendations for improving job performance by enhancing the work-life balance and strengthening employee engagement.

The gender gap in work–life balance satisfaction across occupations

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 398-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Dilmaghani ◽  
Vurain Tabvuma
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Policy Context ◽  
Data Limitations

Purpose The purpose of this study is to compare the gender gaps in work–life balance satisfaction across occupations. Due to data limitations, the studies of work–life balance satisfaction have generally relied on researcher collected data. As a result, large-scale studies encompassing all occupations in the same social and policy context are rare. In several cycles of the Canadian General Social Survey, the respondents are directly asked about their work–life balance (WLB) satisfaction. The present paper takes advantage of this unique opportunity to compare the gender gap in WLB satisfaction across occupations in Canada. Design/methodology/approach This paper pools four cross-sectional datasets (N = 37,335). Multivariate regression analysis is used. Findings Women in management and education are found to have a lower WLB satisfaction than their male counterparts. Conversely, and rather surprisingly, a WLB satisfaction advantage is found for women in transport over males in this occupation. Further investigation shows that the female WLB advantage in transport is driven by the relatively low WLB satisfaction of males in this occupation, while the opposite is true for education. Social implications The findings are discussed in light of the WLB policies and their increasing gender-blindness. Originality/value This paper is the first large-scale study which compares the gender gap in WLB satisfaction across occupations, in a given policy context.

scholarly journals Burnout and engagement among PhD students in medicine: the BEeP study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashmi A. Kusurkar ◽  
Stéphanie M. E. van der Burgt ◽  
Ulviye Isik ◽  
Marianne Mak-van der Vossen ◽  
Janneke Wilschut ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
Lack Of Sleep

Abstract Introduction Using a self-determination theory framework, we investigated burnout and engagement among PhD students in medicine, and their association with motivation, work-life balance and satisfaction or frustration of their basic psychological needs. Method This cross-sectional study was conducted among PhD students at a university medical centre (n = 990) using an electronic survey on background characteristics and validated burnout, engagement, motivation and basic psychological needs questionnaires. Cluster analysis was performed on the burnout subscale scores to find subgroups within the sample which had similar profiles on burnout. Structural equation modelling was conducted on a hypothesized model of frustration of basic psychological needs and burnout. Results The response rate was 47% (n = 464). We found three clusters/subgroups which were composed of PhD students with similar burnout profiles within the cluster and different profiles between the clusters. Cluster 1 (n = 199, 47%) had low scores on burnout. Clusters 2 (n = 168, 40%) and 3 (n = 55, 13%) had moderate and high burnout scores, respectively, and were associated with low engagement scores. Cluster 3, with the highest burnout scores, was associated with the lowest motivational, engagement, needs satisfaction and work-life balance scores. We found a good fit for the “basic psychological needs frustration associated with burnout” model. Discussion The most important variables for burnout among PhD students in medicine were lack of sleep and frustration of the basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness. These add to the factors found in the literature.

Australian super veteran secondary school music teachers: Motivated and valuable

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-239
Author(s):  
Jennifer Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Career Stage ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
School Music

Veteran teachers are defined as having over 15 years’ teaching experience. This research introduces a new career stage of ‘super veteran’ for music teachers that have worked for 30 plus years and seeks to identify the influences on, and contributions of, Australian secondary school music teachers of this career stage. This article reports on survey data gathered in a larger qualitative study that contained a national survey and interviews. The analysis of the interview data in the larger study is yet to be completed. Likert-type scale questions were used for demographic data collection and open-ended questions explored influences on music teacher work practice. Of the responses, 32 were from super veteran secondary school music teachers. These teachers were motivated by working with students and felt valued by them and their parents. Super veterans continued to be engaged in professional development, found work–life balance a constant challenge and many were planning to continue teaching. This research has implications for school leaders in encouraging, valuing and utilising the expertise of super veteran secondary school music teachers. It suggests tailoring professional development for this career stage, gives feedback on the implementation of new curriculum and indicates strategies for stress management and work–life balance.

scholarly journals Evaluation of satisfaction with work–life balance among U.S. Gynecologic Oncology fellows: A cross-sectional study

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 17-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Brian Szender ◽  
Kassondra S. Grzankowski ◽  
Kevin H. Eng ◽  
Kunle Odunsi ◽  
Peter J. Frederick
Keyword(s):  
Gynecologic Oncology ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Balance

scholarly journals Temporary employment and work‐life balance in Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-248
Author(s):  
Inga Laß ◽  
Mark Wooden
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Temporary Employment ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Outcomes ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Temporary Employees ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Worker Characteristics

While it is often believed that temporary forms of employment, such as fixed-term contracts, casual work and temporary agency work, provide workers with more flexibility to balance work and private commitments, convincing empirical evidence on this issue is still scarce. This paper investigates the association between temporary employment and work-life balance in Australia, using longitudinal data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey for the period 2001 to 2017. In contrast to previous studies, we compare results from pooled cross-sectional and fixed-effects regressions to investigate the role of time-constant unobserved worker characteristics in linking temporary employment and work-life outcomes. The results show that, after accounting for job characteristics and person-specific fixed-effects, among women only casual employment is unequivocally associated with better work-life outcomes than permanent employment. For men, we mostly find negative associations between all forms of temporary employment and work-life outcomes, but the magnitudes of these associations are much smaller and mostly insignificant in fixed-effects models. This result suggests that male temporary employees have stable unobserved traits that are connected to poorer work-life balance.

scholarly journals Factors influencing choice of career: A comparative study among medical, dental and pharmacy students in a private university in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
pp. 273-281
Author(s):  
Kingston Rajiah ◽  
Mari Kannan Maharajan ◽  
Pravinkumar Ingle ◽  
Lavinyaa Thiruchelvam ◽  
Raynugah Gunasagaram ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Private University ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Post Hoc

Background: Students choose their careers based on many factors, which vary for every country. Recent advancements in healthcare systems have made pharmacy one of the most pursued professions. Aim: To study the factors that influence students in Malaysia to choose pharmacy as their career. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among first-year medicine, dentistry and pharmacy students in a private university in Malaysia. One-way analysis of variance followed by Tukey’s post-hoc test was used to determine the factors that influenced students’ career choices. Results: There were significant differences among medicine, dentistry and pharmacy students in the mean scores for the dimensions ‘economic status’, ‘personal background’, and ‘work-life balance’ which influenced their career choice. Conclusions: Economic status, personal background and work-life balance were the factors that significantly influenced students to choose pharmacy compared with students’ choice of dentistry and medicine.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCES OF JOB PERFORMANCE, WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE ON EMPLOYEES’ CAREER SATISFACTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 442-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saraih U. N. ◽  
Mohd Zaki M. I. I. ◽  
Mohd Karim K. ◽  
Sakdan M. F. ◽  
Amlus M. H.
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Career Satisfaction ◽  
Correlation Study ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Balance

Purpose of study: This study is conducted to identify the relationships between job performance, work-life balance and organizational justice towards employee's career satisfaction from one of the manufacturing companies in the north of Malaysia. Methodology: The study is done by utilizing a random sample of 240 employees in the company. Type of investigation is a correlation study and it is cross-sectional on time horizon. The unit of analysis is an individual level; therefore, all employees in the company have chances to serve as the participants in this study. Data has been analysed from 148 respondents. Results: Results show significant and positive relationships between job performance, work-life balance and organizational justice towards employees' career satisfaction. Organizational justice is the most significant factor in career satisfaction in this study (β=.83, p=.00). Other factors such as job performance (β=.71, p=.00), and work-life balance (β=.71, p=.00) also positively correlated with employees’ career satisfaction. Implications/Applications: These significant results imply that managers should provide good elements of justice in the company to raise the level of their employee's career satisfaction. At the same time, the employees should maintain a higher level of job performance as well as to manage the good working life balance in them.

scholarly journals The experience of work-life balance across family-life stages in Switzerland: a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariane G. Wepfer ◽  
Rebecca Brauchli ◽  
Gregor J. Jenny ◽  
Oliver Hämmig ◽  
Georg F. Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Balance
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