Form Of Burnout Research Articles

Examining the Contemporary Worker and the Workplace From a Leadership-as-Practice Perspective: A HRD Opportunity

In this article the author uses the lens of leadership-as-practice (L-A-P) to analyze the concerns of the worker in the contemporary workplace and proposes both new insights and potential remediations through a post-humanistic leadership centered on practice. L-A-P is designed to probe underneath the accepted or “natural” human resource practices to uncover the power dynamics in the workplace that have led to challenges to the worker in the form of burnout, lack of autonomy, and detachment. After introducing the practice approach to the workplace, the paper interrogates the potential value of leadership being viewed as a collaborative agency constituting changes in the trajectory of prefigured work practices that can have affirmative consequences via its ethical and critical approach to human resource development.

Study on burnout, anxiety, depression and counterproductive behaviors in health professionals

The stressful working conditions in healthcare are well known. Healthcare professionals are confronted daily with unforeseen, demanding situations that contribute to a constant state ofalertness and vigilance. All these factors contribute to overwork, which manifests itself in the form of burnout, anxiety, depression and even counterproductive behavior in the workplace.

Role of Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Existing and Upcoming Interventions for Mental Health Professionals: A Literature Review

ABSTRACT Mental health professionals face several difficulties, particularly in the form of burnout and compassion fatigue (CF). The rate of burnout and CF is on the rise with changing times. Providing mental health services while being burnout or going through CF can be challenging. Therefore, there is a need to explore existing interventions for mental health professionals. This article aims to explore burnout and CF in relation to existing interventions for mental health professionals and highlight implications for further interventions. Recently, mindfulness interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, mindfulness self-compassion training, and interpersonal mindfulness program have been studied as a potential intervention for mental health professionals. Another recent intervention called as compassion-focused therapy is on the rise, and the article will research its efficacy in use with mental health professionals. The present article has implications in the field of positive psychology, clinical psychology, and health psychology.

THE EFFECT OF EFFORT-REWARD IMBALANCE ON TURNOVER INTENTION MEDIATED BY BURNOUT AND WORK STRESS IN CONTRACT NURSES

This paper is motivated by the increasing number of nurse turnover at Bahteramas Hospital over the past 3 years. This incident is caused by factors that cannot be explained. In addition, there are inconsistencies in the findings of previous studies in the effect of effort-reward imbalance on turnover intention where one researcher and another researcher did not reach the same conclusion. This study will examine the model of the effect of effort-reward imbalance on turnover intention by presenting burnout and work stress as mediation. Therefore, this study aims to develop a model to analyze the effect of effort-reward imbalance on turnover intention mediated by burnout and work stress. The study was conducted with a quantitative approach and descriptive design utilizing the conservation of resources (COR) theory paradigm which is proven to be able to overshadow all research constructs. The respondents of the study were contract nurses at the Bahteramas Regional General Hospital in Kendari City, while data collection was carried out with digital instruments in the form of a google form that was distributed and managed to collect a sample of 125 respondents using the Slovin formula which was drawn by simple random sampling. The measurement scale is an ordinal scale. The analysis techniques in this study are descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis with the help of AMOS software.The results of the study proved that mediating variables in the form of burnout and work stress were the main triggers that caused turnover intention in contract nurses at the Bahteramas Regional General Hospital in Kendari City. The implications of this study can be used by hospital management to reduce burnout and work stress of contract nurses so that the presence of turnover intention can be avoided.

Teacher stress and burnout in Australia: examining the role of intrapersonal and environmental factors

Concerns regarding high rates of teacher stress and burnout are present globally. Yet there is limited current data regarding the severity of stress, or the role of intrapersonal and environmental factors in relation to teacher stress and burnout within the Australian context. The present study, conducted over an 18-month period, prior to the COVID pandemic, surveyed 749 Australian teachers to explore their experience of work-related stress and burnout; differences in stress and burnout across different demographic groups within the profession; as well as the contributing role of intrapersonal and environmental factors, particularly, emotion regulation, subjective well-being, and workload. Results showed over half of the sample reported being very or extremely stressed and were considering leaving the profession, with early career teachers, primary teachers, and teachers working in rural and remote areas reporting the highest stress and burnout levels. Conditional process analyses highlighted the importance of emotion regulation, workload and subjective well-being in the development of teacher stress and some forms of burnout. Implications for educational practice are discussed.

Analysis of Factors that Influenced Burnout Occurence during the Enforcement of Area Restriction Policy among Employees in BNN Rehabilitation Center

This study aimed to analyze the factors that influence employee behavior due to limited land at the BNN Rehabilitation Center, with a quantitative approach using factor analysis methods. The research sample was the staff of the BNN Rehabilitation Center, totaling 106 respondents. Data collection used a questionnaire based on the MBI (Maslach Burnout Syndrome Inventory). This study indicates that four factors cause employee burnout, namely work environment, coworker support, work concept, and self. The forms of burnout from BNN employees include; decreased achievement, emotional, and conflict with coworkers.

ANALISIS PENGALAMAN PSIKOLOGIS PERAWAT DALAM MENANGANI PASIEN COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic shocked the world when a mysterious pneumonia case was discovered from Wuhan City, China on December 31, 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) named the new virus Severa Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-Cov-2) and the name of the disease. as Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19). Indonesia is ranked 19th with the most Covid-19 cases in the world (Worldometers, 2020). Health workers, including nurses, are at the forefront of dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak. Health care providers, especially nurses, are not only experiencing an increase in workload but also psychological changes that have an impact on the mental health of nurses around the world in the form of burnout, anxiety, depression, and fear of stigma and community discrimination (International Council of Nurses, 2020).

Passion in the pit: the effects of harmonious and obsessive passion on nurse burnout

PurposeAnecdotal and survey reports indicate that nurses are suffering increased stress and burnout due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Therefore, this study investigated two forms of passion, harmonious and obsessive passion, as resources that may indirectly predict two forms of burnout, disengagement and exhaustion, through the mediator of job stress.Design/methodology/approachThe authors tested their hypotheses in a mediation model using a sample of nurses surveyed at three timepoints during the COVID-19 pandemic.FindingsAs hypothesized, harmonious passion indirectly decreased disengagement and exhaustion by decreasing job stress. Contrary to authors’ hypotheses, obsessive passion also indirectly decreased (rather than increased, as hypothesized) both disengagement and exhaustion by decreasing job stress. Harmonious, but not obsessive, passion, was significantly negatively directly related to disengagement and exhaustion.Research limitations/implicationsData were collected during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have impacted nurses’ work environments and their willingness to respond.Originality/valueThis study extends conservation of resources theory to conceptualize harmonious and obsessive passion as resources with differing outcomes based on their contrasting identity internalization, per the Dualistic Model of Passion. This study also operationalizes burnout more comprehensively by including cognitive and physical exhaustion along with emotional exhaustion, as well as disengagement. By collecting responses at three timepoints, this study provides a more robust test of causality than previous work examining passion and burnout.

The Spillover Effect of Abusive Supervision Across Two Jobs

The current study extends a growing body of literature examining dual jobholders by assessing the spillover effects of abusive supervision across two jobs. Previous research suggests abusive supervision can extend beyond one’s job and spill over into other life domains (e.g. family life). However, it is unclear if and how abusive supervision may extend into other domains beyond simply family life. No research has examined the effects of abusive supervision in the context of dual jobholders. Given that roughly 7.2 million Americans are dual jobholders, it is particularly advantageous to examine the ways in which the negative effects of abusive supervision manifest among dual jobholders. We examined the if abusive supervision occurring at one job spills over and negatively affects an individual at their second job, in the form of burnout. Results suggest negative mood mediates the relationship between primary job abusive supervision and second job burnout. These results extend upon previous research by demonstrating the far-reaching effects of abusive supervision, particularly in the context of dual jobholders. We discuss the research and practical implications of our findings.

An empirical study of techno-stressors, literacy facilitation, burnout, and turnover intention as experienced by K-12 teachers

Drawing on literature from organizational stress, teacher stress, and technostress, and on the stressor-strain and P-E Fit theoretical lenses, this paper builds and empirically tests a model of technostress in the context of kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) education. Technostress is framed conceptually as a process that includes techno-stressors, strain, and outcomes, as well as mechanisms that can reduce the techno-stressors and strain variables. The model is tested empirically using survey data from 416 K-12 teachers employed in the United States. The effects of five techno-stressors—techno-complexity, techno-insecurity, techno-invasion, techno-overload, and techno-uncertainty—on strain in the form of burnout, and the impact of burnout on turnover intention, are investigated. The mitigating effect of literacy facilitation on the five techno-stressors and burnout is also tested. Results indicate that techno-insecurity, techno-invasion, and techno-overload significantly increase burnout, and literacy facilitation can mitigate the negative impact of techno-complexity, techno-insecurity, techno-invasion, techno-overload, and burnout. Burnout also has a significant positive effect on turnover intention.

COVID-19 Pandemic and the Mental Health of Health Care Workers: Awareness to Action

AbstractThe enormity of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has overwhelmed most health services and has placed health care service providers under unprecedented stress. The rapidity of spread, uncertain clinical course, and unavailability of effective treatment make clinical decisions cognitively demanding. Extended work hours inside uncomfortable protective gears, improper hydration, with conflictual health systems and patients at work; and social stigma and isolation after it ends, have created an unending downward spiral of mental health in care providers. Care providers are at increased risk of developing mental health problems in form of burnout, stress reactions, anxiety, depression, and post trauma stress. Concerted strategies for managing the mental health of care providers are urgently needed at individual and systems level. A plethora of strategies, developed from previous experience of crisis management, need to be made available to care providers through accessible mediums of delivery. This paper explores the mental health problems encountered by health care personnel and examines various strategies which need to be implemented to manage them.

Factors Associated with Caseworker Burnout in Child Welfare: Does Tenure Matter?

Objective: Many studies view factors related to caseworker burnout as unchanging throughout a caseworker’s career. This assumption may be unfounded, as there is considerable variation in levels of expertise and need for support among caseworkers over the course of a career. To that end, we used the Copenhagen and job demands-resources models of burnout to examine how factors associated with client- and work-related burnout among caseworkers vary by length of employment. Method: We divided a sample of 1,823 caseworkers into 4 length-of-tenure cohorts. We then conducted multivariate linear regressions and cross-model z-tests to examine ways in which job demands and resources related to burnout differed by cohort. Results: Job stress and time pressure were positively associated with at least one form of burnout regardless of tenure; the strength of this relationship varied across tenure cohorts. Supervisor support and training utility were only related to burnout among caseworkers who worked in their agency for less than 2 years. Self-care was negatively associated with burnout regardless of tenure. Conclusions: Caseworker tenure may influence the link between job demands/resources and burnout. Implications for the development of burnout prevention strategies and future research are discussed.

Psychosocial impact of COVID-19

BackgroundAlong with its high infectivity and fatality rates, the 2019 Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) has caused universal psychosocial impact by causing mass hysteria, economic burden and financial losses. Mass fear of COVID-19, termed as “coronaphobia”, has generated a plethora of psychiatric manifestations across the different strata of the society. So, this review has been undertaken to define psychosocial impact of COVID-19. MethodsPubmed and GoogleScholar are searched with the following key terms- “COVID-19”, “SARS-CoV2”, “Pandemic”, “Psychology”, “Psychosocial”, “Psychitry”, “marginalized”, “telemedicine”, “mental health”, “quarantine”, “infodemic”, “social media” and” “internet”. Few news paper reports related to COVID-19 and psychosocial impacts have also been added as per context. ResultsDisease itself multiplied by forced quarantine to combat COVID-19 applied by nationwide lockdowns can produce acute panic, anxiety, obsessive behaviors, hoarding, paranoia, and depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the long run. These have been fueled by an “infodemic” spread via different platforms of social media. Outbursts of racism, stigmatization, and xenophobia against particular communities are also being widely reported. Nevertheless, frontline healthcare workers are at higher-risk of contracting the disease as well as experiencing adverse psychological outcomes in form of burnout, anxiety, fear of transmitting infection, feeling of incompatibility, depression, increased substance-dependence, and PTSD. Community-based mitigation programs to combat COVID-19 will disrupt children’s usual lifestyle and may cause florid mental distress. The psychosocial aspects of older people, their caregivers, psychiatric patients and marginalized communities are affected by this pandemic in different ways and need special attention. ConclusionFor better dealing with these psychosocial issues of different strata of the society, psychosocial crisis prevention and intervention models should be urgently developed by the government, health care personnel and other stakeholders. Apt application of internet services, technology and social media to curb both pandemic and infodemic needs to be instigated. Psychosocial preparedness by setting up mental organizations specific for future pandemics is certainly necessary.

Hair cortisol concentration as a biomarker of parental burnout

Parental Burnout (PB) is a chronic stress-related disorder experienced in the parental role. Recent studies have shown that PB is a serious condition with severe consequences for parents (e.g., suicidal ideations) and children (e.g., parental neglect and violence). However, PB’s biological correlates have not yet been examined. Numerous studies suggest that hair cortisol concentration (HCC) is a valid biomarker of a variety of chronic stress conditions. HCC has been shown to be related to job burnout, but no studies have looked at the association between HCC and parental burnout. Given that the two forms of burnout are only weakly related, it is important to fill this gap. In this study, we compared HCC of parents suffering from PB (N = 119) to that of control parents (N = 59). We also examined the correlation between PB scores and HCC levels, controlling for job burnout symptoms. The results showed that HCC was 213 % higher in parents suffering from PB (mean level: 99.90 pg/mg) compared to controls (mean level: 46.83 pg/mg). Moreover, HCC was significantly related to PB (r = 0.27). These findings suggested that HCC can be considered as a biomarker of PB (though with caution, as 36.1 % of the parents in PB had HCC values equal to or below the mean of the control parents) and reinforce the view that HCC is a biomarker of chronic stress conditions. The HCC levels observed in parents suffering from PB point to the importance of this condition as well as its potential harmful consequences for their health.

Prevalence of Burnout among physicians in a Kerbala, Iraq

Burnout is a stress-related disorders of global concern, also it is associated with decreased job performance and low career satisfaction. Its common among physicians and more risky because of their work nature as they deals with human lives. Burnout might indiscernible passed undiagnosed or managed. To determine the prevalence of burnout amongst physicians in Kerbala and identify factors associated with burnout. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among doctors using a validated self-administered questionnaire based on the Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) with adding some questions related to Iraqi context and what physicians encounter. Ethical approval was obtained from research ethics committee in college of medicine-University of Kerbala. A total of 296 physicians filled and returned the questionnaire with a response rate of 84%. In terms of burnout, 52.7% of respondents scored high for emotional exhaustion burnout, 14.3% for depersonalization and 25.9% for personal accomplishment. High level of burnout in all three dimensions of burnout recorded among 4.4%. Burnout was found to be strongly associated with younger age and less years of employments. Burnout seems to be a common problem among physicians in Kerbala due to workload and stress. Emotional exhaustion was the commonest form of burnout.

Compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among psychologists: Can supervision and a reflective stance be of help?

The pleasure derived from helping others is referred to as compassion satisfaction (CS). When a psychologist feels a too heavy demand to be compassionate and effective in helping, however, this may result in compassion fatigue (CF). CF may take the form of burnout or secondary traumatic stress (STS). The present paper focuses on two factors that may possibly protect against the development of CF, and facilitate the development of CS: (1) access to supervision and (2) a reflective stance. An online survey was distributed to two closed Swedish Facebook groups of psychologists, and complete data were obtained from 374 psychologists (320 women and 63 men). Both variable-oriented and person-oriented analyses were carried out. Correlational analysis showed that both supervision and reflection was associated with more CS, whereas only supervision but not reflection was significantly associated with less CF. Cluster analysis gave a more nuanced picture, suggesting a non-linear and multi-faceted association between reflection and CF. Some clusters of psychologists showed the expected association between level of reflection and level of CF. This was balanced, however, by other clusters that showed an association in the opposite direction, indicating high levels of reflection in clinicians with high levels of CF, and low levels in clinicians with low levels of CF. The results are discussed in terms of these differences in associative patterns possibly being due to different patient populations being involved. Among the limitations of the present study are its cross-sectional design, absence of data on patient characteristics, and a crude measure of supervision and reflection.

Job stress, job burnout and safety performance in the Palestinian construction industry

Purpose– The purposes of this paper are to identify the most significant job-related stressors that influence construction project professionals’ safety, identify the form of stresses and job burnout experienced by construction professionals and investigate the impact of stress and job burnout on safety performance from the perception of construction project professionals in the Gaza Strip construction industry. Construction is characterized as a stressful industry, which influences the safety performance of construction personnel, especially when the stress transfers into burnout.Design/methodology/approach– The views of a variety of construction professionals operating in Gaza Strip were sought using a questionnaire survey. Project managers, project coordinators and site engineers were targeted. Of the 45 questionnaires distributed, 33 were returned. Data were analyzed using the relative importance index (RII), Pearson correlation and regression analysis that used one-way ANOVA test.Findings– Findings revealed that an organizational stressor is the major contributor to physical stress, behavioral stress and job burnout. In addition, the findings showed that construction professionals suffered from emotional stress and invisible burnout. Of significance, the findings revealed that job stresses and job burnout did not affect safety performance in the Gaza Strip construction industry because the first priority for most construction professionals was to maintain permanent employment and, therefore, stresses were often hidden.Research limitations/implications– This study is limited by its small sample size. However, the findings represent novel results, which can be taken into consideration by construction organizations.Practical implications– The findings may help construction organizations in the Gaza Strip to understand job stressors’ factors, which affect construction project professionals to help minimize or eliminate their impact on safety performance and, hence, improve productivity in construction projects. Furthermore, the study promotes personnel health and safety and enhancement of the quality of work and construction workers’ personal life. The recommendation of this study may also apply to other developing countries.Originality/value– The study contributes to the overall body of knowledge relevant to job stress and burnout in the construction industry of developing countries. It draws attention to the interrelationship between stressors, stresses, burnout and safety performance, and it illustrates a new form of burnout that is invisible burnout.

Job Structure and Organizational Burnout: A Study of Public School Bus Drivers, Bus Aides, Mechanics, and Clerical Workers

This study examines the relationship between job structure and the different dimensions of job burnout. The study has two related empirical components. First, the authors administered Karasek's job control inventory to workers across four occupational categories at multiple sites in one organization to explore how different positions in a single organization vary systematically in terms of job demands and decision latitude. This analysis confirms that different occupational groups are distinguished by different levels of control and job latitude. In the second phase of analysis the authors relate these differences to distinct submeasures of Maslach, Jackson, and Leiter's organizational burnout inventory, finding that individuals in distinct occupational categories experience different forms of burnout. These results suggest the need to address the conditions of specific occupations in organizational development efforts to mitigate the risk of worker burnout and its associated costs.

Trait emotional intelligence, emotional labour, and burnout among Malaysian HR professionals

Purpose– This study aims to examine the concepts of trait emotional intelligence (EI), emotional labour strategies and burnout among internal human resources (HR) service providers. It proposes a model to deepen our understanding of the processes explaining the protective effects of trait EI on employee burnout.Design/methodology/approach– The present study comprises a sample of 143 HR professionals from a large Malaysian financial institution.Findings– Results suggest that trait EI predicted personal- and work-related burnout but not client-related burnout. Trait EI was also found to be partly related to emotional labour (EL), exhibiting a negative relationship with surface acting but not with deep acting. While surface acting exhibited a significant relationship on all three forms of burnout, deep acting was only significantly related to client burnout. Moreover, mediation analyses revealed that surface acting partly mediated the relationship between EI and burnout.Originality/value– This study examines the relationship between EI, EL and burnout in HR professionals. This study is the first in the literature to examine these relationships in the context of internal service providers and in a non-Western context. Our study enhances our understanding of the processes explaining the protective effects of trait EI on employee burnout in a non-Western context.

Leader–Member Relationship and Burnout: The Moderating Role of Leader Integrity

AbstractIn this study, we propose and test the idea that a strong relationship between leader and follower will be associated with the subordinate’s burnout. We base the study on the leader–member exchange framework (LMX), resource exchange theory, and the job demands–resources model of burnout, and conceptualize that a strong LMX is associated with burnout in two ways: high LMX involves high job demands, which lead to exhaustion; low LMX involves low job resources, which leads to cynicism. We propose that the relationship between LMX and the two forms of burnout will be stronger when the leader is perceived to be low on moral integrity. Using a survey of 218 employees, we find support for the hypotheses. Implications for future research and managerial practices are discussed.