Abstract
Background:The literature has shown that workaholism acts at the root of burnout, but research regarding these constructs in the nursing profession is scant. Similarly, little attention has been paid to the impact of workaholism on disillusion, which is a dimension of burnout linked to professional vocation.Objectives:Contribute to the ongoing research on the relationship between workaholism and burnout among nurses. Moreover, this study considers disillusion as a dimension to be considered when investigating the relationship between workaholism and burnout, since nursing entails professional vocation.Method:The study followed a cross-sectional design. 614 nurses of six hospitals in South Italy have compiled two Self-report questionnaires: the Dutch Utrecht WorkAholism Scale (workaholism - Italian version) and the Link Burnout Questionnaire (burnout). Part of the group of subjects was diagnosed with both syndromes or considered at risk of developing them. The impact of workaholism on burnout was examined using Structural Equation Models for each variable.Results:More than 26% of the nurses are affected by burnout whereas 21% are workaholics. Working excessively proved to be a good predictor of both psychophysical exhaustion and disillusion.Conclusions:Nurses are at risk of workaholism and burnout. The study shows that workaholism is a predictor of nurses’ burnout, in particular working excessively (a dimension of workaholism) affects their psychophysical well-being and professional vocation.
Highlights
They revised the three dimensions of burnout proposed by Maslach [3, 14] and added the construct of disillusion. This dimension had already been included in the models designed by Edelwich et al [1] and Pines et al [2]. All these scholars have pointed out that disillusion linked to burnout means developing a sense of weariness that leads to the complete destruction of any ideals relating to professional vocation
Kubota et al [39] carried out a study on 312 Japanese hospital nurses; they focused on the relationship between workaholism and a series of sleep disorders reported on a checklist
We would to verify the following hypotheses: Hypothesis 1 – according to Schaufeli et al.’s model [35, 36], Working Compulsively is a dimension of workaholism that can directly and positively affect burnout and its dimensions, which are Psychophysical Exhaustion, Relational Deterioration, Professional Inefficacy, Disillusion; Hypothesis 2 - Working Excessively is a dimension of workaholism that can directly and positively affect all the dimensions of burnout mentioned above
Summary
The literature has shown that workaholism acts at the root of burnout, but research regarding these constructs in the nursing profession is scant. Little attention has been paid to the impact of workaholism on disillusion, which is a dimension of burnout linked to professional vocation
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