Lack Of Personal Accomplishment Research Articles

The Relationship between Job Burnout and Gender-Based Socio-Demographic Characteristics in Lahore

Job burnout has been extensively researched in the international literature. Burnout is caused by personal and occupational factors. This study analyzes the impact of burnout with respect to different socio-demographic characteristics and job-related factors. Based on a sample randomly selected from various industries in the Lahore region, we use cross-tabulations to analyze the effects of burnout, and calculate the mean frequencies of the variables used. We measure three dimensions of burnout—emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and lack of personal accomplishment—using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey. The study finds that women score significantly on emotional exhaustion while men score higher on cynicism and lack of personal accomplishment, compared to all other socio-demographics. Education and work experience are strongly associated with burnout in women while age and income are significantly related to burnout in men. Women’s higher burnout scores are related to higher levels of education (graduates), less work experience (0–10 years), income (PKR 10,000–25,000), age (24–35 years), being self-employed, and working in the manufacturing industry. Among men, burnout is associated with white-collar (upper and lower) employee positions, work experience of 0–4 years, incomes of PKR 25,000 or more, and working in the services industry. Burnout is more significant among men than women with regard to marital status. Among job stressors, men and women are not significantly different with respect to role ambiguity, role conflict, organizational politics, autonomy, and work overload. Most of our results confirm the findings of other studies on job burnout, with the exception that the male respondents in this study experienced high burnout at an early age (24–29-year-old category), which could be due to ‘reality shocks’ or ‘early career burnout’.

Coping with work-related stress in health care professionals – strategies for prevention of burnout and depression

The prevalence of depression and burnout among health care professionals is high in Hungary. However, there is limited empirical data on disease prevention among these populations. This study aims at evaluating the mediating role of coping mechanisms in preventing depression and burnout. Cross-sectional survey among 1333 health care professionals. Participants completed self-administered questionnaires about their perception of work stress, burnout and depressive symptoms, as well as their preferred coping strategies. Analyses were performed using structural equation modelling. The prevalence of severe depression and lack of personal accomplishment was 5.6% and nearly 50%, respectively. Work stress predicted symptoms of burnout and depression both directly and indirectly through the mediation by coping strategies. Of the coping strategies, cognitive restructuring, which accentuates the realistic assessment of challenging situations, was found to reduce the probability of the development of burnout and depression symptoms. This study provides further data for the development of cognitive interventional strategies and highlights the significance of these strategies in the prevention of depression and burnout among Hungarian health care professionals.

The calm before the storm? Burnout and compassion fatigue among undergraduate nursing students

Studies have consistently highlighted the deleterious impact of burnout and compassion fatigue on professional nurses' well-being and willingness to remain in the profession. Yet, as to what extent these noxious conditions are suffered among nursing students is still unclear. In this study 436 undergraduate nursing students completed surveys assessing their experiences of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, lack of personal accomplishment, burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion satisfaction (factors of burnout and compassion fatigue). There were no significant differences found between 3rd and 4th year students' reports of detrimental conditions and those of the 1st or 2nd year students. Furthermore, 4th year students reported significantly higher levels of personal accomplishment compared to 1st and 2nd year students. Semi-structured in-depth interviews with 3rd and 4th year students revealed that their clinical exposure during these years (especially during the 4th year) may enhance their other-orientation as well as promote role actualization, which may serve as protective features. Students did, however, express concern regarding an inevitable onset of burnout at some point during their professional careers. It is suggested that a key to understanding the onset and experience of burnout and compassion fatigue among nurses is to continue to examine the transition from student to professional nurse and the cultural atmosphere of nursing education compared to professional practice.

Effect of Emotional Dissonance on Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Testing the Stressor-Strain-Outcome Model

ABSTRACT In this study, the stressor–strain–outcome (SSO) model developed by Koeske and Koeske was adopted to examine the mediating effect of burnout between emotional dissonance and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). The study involved 264 full-time Chinese school teachers (82 men, 16 women, and 22 individuals whose genders were not specified; mean age = 34.4 years and SD = 8.09 years). Correlation analysis showed that emotional dissonance is positively related to all three burnout dimensions (i.e., emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of personal accomplishment). Emotional dissonance is also negatively related to OCB toward individuals. Results from structural equation modeling support the SSO model, which states that emotional dissonance first leads to burnout and then to lower OCB. The limitations and implications to the school management, such as provision of emotional regulation training and strengthening of the social network system, were also discussed.

The effects of occupational stress on burnout and life satisfaction: a study in accountants

The aim of this study is to determine the impact of occupational stress on burnout and life satisfaction in accountants. The study deals with burnout from three dimensions: emotional exhaustion, lack of personal accomplishment and depersonalization. Certain hypotheses were developed according to a model. These hypotheses mainly measure the negative impact of occupational stress on life satisfaction and its positive impact on burnout. In order to test these hypotheses, a study was conducted in 217 accountants in the city of Kayseri in Turkey. On the research revealed that occupational stress has a negative impact on life satisfaction, while it has a positive impact on the three dimensions of burnout listed above. Based on these results, the study argues that occupational stress is an important factor in determining the life satisfaction and burnout levels of accountants. Finally in this study, some limitations and recommendations are presented for the researchers of future studies.

Family Practice in Turkey: Views of Family Practice Residents

Turkey's family practice training program is aimed at providing further training to clinically proficient family physicians who serve the community. A survey conducted in 2001 revealed that there was a need for providing additional training and more time in a specially dedicated family practice placement for family practitioners. Recent changes in the Turkish health care system have also impacted the training environment of family practice residents. Clearly, training needs to change with time. The aims of this study are to investigate the attitudes of resident family practice physicians regarding their training in the health care system in order to gather their views on the hospital learning environment, and to estimate their burnout levels. For this research, the design included a 1-phase cross-sectional study. This study was undertaken in 2008 in departments of family medicine at universities (n = 21) and training and research hospitals of the Ministry of Health (n = 11). Approximately 250 family practice residents in Turkey were approached. In total, 174 residents participated (70% response rate). The survey instruments included a questionnaire with 25 queries and 2 scales: The Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure and the Maslach Burnout Questionnaire–Human Services Survey. The average age of the participants was 32.2 years (standard deviation, 4.5 years; range, 24–57 years). The gender distribution was 57.6% women and 42.4% men. Marital status was 34.7% single, 62.9% married, and 2.4% divorced/widowed. In our results, residents affirmed that university hospitals were the best facilities for residency training. Their future plans confirmed that most would like to work in family health centers. This sample showed average levels of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of personal accomplishment. Perceptions of professional autonomy, quality of training, and social support were below average. It may be concluded that certain milestones in the development of family practice in Turkey have been fulfilled. The new regulation for postgraduate training has increased the share of family practice training to 50% (18 months). Establishment of educational family health centers has been planned. Introduction of the formative and summative assessment processes in family practice training is anticipated. It is expected that an assessment such as the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (International) (mRCGP[INT]) examination would be helpful for Turkish residents in reaching these goals.

Personality hardiness, burnout and sport competition anxiety among athletics and wrestling coaches

Coaching is a challenging profession that requires the coaches to reconcile the often contrary goals of developing winning athletic programme and providing positive personal and academic experiences for their athletes....

Validez factorial de la estructura del cuestionario breve de Burnout (CBB) en una muestra de docentes en Aragón

This study examines the structure of the Cuestionario Breve de Burnout (CBB; Moreno, Bustos, Matallana y Millares, 1997) [Burnout Short Questionnaire]. This questionnaire evaluates the burnout syndrome as a process with antecedents being the features of the task and the way the job is organized. Burnout is evaluated from the three classical dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of personal accomplishment. The CBB also assesses the consequences of the syndrome with a scale that measures physical, social, and psychological consequences. The results of the analysis of the principal components in a sample of teachers, confi rms the original structure of the antecedents and consequences scales, but not of the burnout scale. According to our study, the antecedents scale allows an independent estimation of the features of the organization and of the task, but the burnout and consequents scales only allow a general interpretation. We encountered differences depending on gender and teaching level.

Síndrome de burnout entre el personal de enfermería y auxiliar de una unidad de cuidados intensivos y el de las plantas de hospitalización

Objective To compare the degree of severity of burnout syndrome among the healthcare personnel of an intensive care unit (ICU) and admission wards. Method We performed a cross-sectional, descriptive study with nurses and nurses′ aides in the ICU and admission wards of the Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria (Spain). An anonymous survey was performed through the 22-item Maslach Burnout Inventory, which measures the three dimensions of burnout syndrome: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment. Results We interviewed 92 nurses (61% from the ICU and 39% from admission wards) and 80 nurses′ aides (51% from the ICU and 49% from admission wards). In all groups, a moderate degree of emotional exhaustion was found, which was more severe in nurses′ aides working on admission wards than in those working in the ICU (22.26, SD=7.47 vs 26.51, SD=7.12, p=0.011). High levels of depersonalization and emotional exhaustion were found in all groups, with no significant difference among staff working in the ICU or admission wards. Conclusions No significant differences were found in the perception of burnout between staff in the ICU or in admission wards. The degree of emotional exhaustion was moderate, while degrees of depersonalization and lack of personal accomplishment were high.

Systematic review of interventions for reducing occupational stress in health care workers

This study evaluated the effectiveness of interventions in reducing stress at work among health care workers. A systematic search was conducted of the literature on reducing stress or burnout in health care workers. The quality of the studies found was then appraised and the results combined. A meta-analysis was performed when appropriate. Altogether 14 randomized controlled trials, three cluster-randomized trials, and two crossover trials, comprising 2812 participants, were included. Only two trials were of high quality. The following comparisons were possible: person-directed interventions versus no intervention, person-work interface interventions versus no intervention, and organizational interventions versus no intervention. Person-directed interventions can reduce stress [standardized mean difference (SMD) -0.85, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) -1.21 - -0.49] and burnout, measured as emotional exhaustion [weighted mean difference (WMD) -5.82, 95% CI -11.02 - -0.63) and lack of personal accomplishment (WMD -3.61; 95% CI -4.65 - -2.58). They also reduce anxiety, measured as state anxiety (WMD -9.42, 95% CI -16.92 - -1.93) and trait anxiety (WMD -6.91, 95% CI -12.80 - -1.01). Person-work interface interventions can reduce burnout, measured as depersonalization [mean difference (MD) -1.14, 95% CI -2.18 - -0.10]. Organizational interventions can also reduce stress symptoms (MD -0.34; 95% CI -0.62 - -0.06) and general symptoms (MD -2.90, 95% CI -5.16 - -0.64). No harmful effects were reported. Limited evidence is available for a small, but probably relevant reduction in stress levels from person-directed, person-work interface, and organizational interventions among health care workers. This finding should lead to a more-active stress management policy in health care institutions. Before large-scale implementation can be advised, larger and better quality trials are needed.

Fully Developed Burnout and Burnout Risk in Intensive Care Personnel at a University Hospital

We assessed the prevalence of fully developed burnout, burnout risk and the influence of work and employment related factors in five intensive care units at a university hospital. A cross-sectional study was conducted using self-reporting questionnaires for the evaluation of the frequency and intensity of burnout syndrome (Maslach Burnout Inventory) and work and employment related factors. From a total of 320 eligible intensive care personnel, 33 physicians and 150 nurses participated in the study (59% response rate). Applying the process model for burnout, 63 participants (34.4%) were at risk for burnout and another 11 respondents (6.0%) revealed evidence of fully developed burnout (emotional exhaustion > or =4.0 and lack of personal accomplishment < or =4.0). No statistically significant difference in prevalence of fully developed burnout or burnout risk was detected in sub-groups according to age, gender level of training, years of employment and family status. The desire to choose the same profession again was significantly less in respondents with fully developed burnout (P=0.006). The opportunity to regularly attend facilitation was significantly lower for participants with fully developed burnout (P=0.002) compared to participants with no burnout. Fully developed burnout and burnout risk are common in intensive care personnel. Support from facilitators appeared to be an important preventive factor

The Relationship between Trait Verbal Aggressiveness and Teacher Burnout Syndrome in K–12 Teachers

This research study sought to examine the relationship between K–12 teacher burnout syndrome and trait verbal aggressiveness. Eighty-nine teachers completed measures of burnout syndrome and verbal aggressiveness. Results indicated that verbal aggressiveness was significantly related to teacher burnout syndrome dimensions of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of personal accomplishment. Implications for classroom climate and interpersonal relationships are discussed.

The relationship between socio-demographic variables, job stressors, burnout, and hardy personality in nurses: An exploratory study

Background Nursing is considered as a risk profession with high levels of stress and burnout, and these levels are probably increasing. Objectives A model of prediction of burnout in nursing that includes socio-demographic variables, job stressors, and personal vulnerability, or resistance, is proposed. Design A cross-sectional correlational design was used. A sample of 473 nurses and student nurses in practice from three General Hospitals in Madrid (Spain) completed the “Nursing Burnout Scale”. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlations, and hierarchical multiple regression. Results The proposed model is a good predictor of the diverse burnout sub-dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and lack of personal accomplishment. Significant predictors of burnout included age, job status, job stressors (workload, experience with pain and death, conflictive interaction, and role ambiguity), and hardy personality (commitment, control, and challenge). Conclusions Identifying an integrative process of burnout among nurses is an essential step to develop effective managerial strategies so as to reduce the burnout problem. Specifically, the present study suggests that intervention aimed at reducing the risk for burnout may achieve better results if it includes enhancement of workers’ hardy personality rather than just decreasing environmental stressors.

Burnout und Belastungsstörungen bei Intensivmedizinern

The various acute and chronic demands and burdens put ICU staff at greater risk for developing psychological and stress disorders. It was the aim of this study to assess the prevalence rates of burnout-syndrome in anesthetists, and to evaluate the contribution of working conditions to the development of burnout. Self-reporting questionnaires were used to assess emotional well-being and physical health, burnout-syndrome (Maslach Burnout Inventory), and working conditions (Instrument for Stress-Oriented Task Analysis) in 89 anaesthetists (56 males, 33 females). One quarter of the anaesthetists show high values on the subscales "emotional exhaustion" or "depersonalization", and one fifth low values on the subscale "lack of personal accomplishment". About one quarter of the probands may be seen as "at risk for burnout". Feelings of ill-health are relatively frequent in both sexes. Long working hours and night duties, the cooperation with members of different occupational groups, and small working place resources are seen as particular stresses. Burnout-syndrome and psychosomatic symptoms are frequent in intensive care doctors. But preventive measures such as adequate resources at the work place and supervision can influence personal behavior and working conditions, and thus reduce the risk of burnout.

From inequity to burnout: The role of job stress.

This research examined burnout (i.e., emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of personal accomplishment) among 2 samples of Dutch teachers as a function of inequity and experienced job stress in 3 different exchange relationships (with students, colleagues, and the school). It was hypothesized that inequity would be linked to burnout through the stress resulting from this inequity. Analysis of a cross-sectional sample (N = 271) revealed that this was indeed the case. Findings were replicated longitudinally using an independent sample of 940 teachers. It is concluded that the often-reported effect of inequity on burnout can partly be interpreted in terms of elevated levels of job stress. Implications of the findings are discussed.

Burnout and duration of service among Chinese voluntary workers

A survey study conducted among 226 Chinese voluntary workers in Hong Kong showed that satisfaction with voluntary work, integration into the voluntary institution, and burnout syndromes contributed to volunteers' expected duration of service. Regression analyses also showed that different sets of variables predicted different spans of expected duration of service. Work satisfaction was the most salient predictor for expected duration of service from six months to ten years. Lack of personal accomplishment predicted expected duration of service for six to twelve months, whereas emotional exhaustion and depersonalization influenced volunteers' expectation to continue in the service for five to ten years.

Gender differences in burnout, empowerment and somatic symptoms among health professionals: moderators and mediators

Considers the issue of occupational stress and burn‐out which has received increasing attention. Suggests that stress and burn‐out are significant factors in the development of various illnesses. Defines burn‐out as a reaction to chronic difficulty in controlling stress among helping professionals, a syndrome characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a lack of personal accomplishment. Presents evidence that women report significantly lower levels of burn‐out and higher feelings of empowerment in their work, and higher levels of somatic symptoms.

Stressors, moderators and stress outcomes: findings from the All-Wales Community Mental Health Nurse Study.

The All-Wales Community Mental Health Nurse Stress Study was the largest study undertaken in the UK to date to investigate stress, burnout and coping amongst the CMHN workforce. The aim of the study was to examine the variety, frequency and severity of stressors, to describe coping strategies used to reduce work-based stress, and to determine stress outcomes. Questionnaires were sent out to 614 CMHNs from ten NHS Trusts throughout Wales. The response rate was 49% (n = 301). The measures used included the Maslach Human Services Survey, the CPN Stress Questionnaire, the Psychnurse Methods of Coping Questionnaire, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the General Health Questionnaire GHQ-12. Community mental health nurses indicated that trying to maintain a good quality service in the midst of long waiting lists, poor resources, and having too many interruptions while trying to work in the office were particularly stressful items. The coping strategies that CMHNs utilized the most were having a stable home life and looking forward to going home at the end of the day, having outside interests and hobbies and talking to people that they got on well with. Forty per cent of CMHNs tended to view themselves negatively, feeling that others did not hold much respect for them. The GHQ-12 measure indicated that 35% of CMHNs had crossed a threshold of psychiatric caseness. Measured against a normative sample of mental health workers, 51% of CMHNs were experiencing high levels of long-term emotional exhaustion. Twenty-four per cent were suffering from high levels of depersonalization burnout and were not relating well to clients, whilst 14% were experiencing severe long-term feelings of lack of personal accomplishment. The results from the study provided us with a picture of stress and coping in CMHNs in Wales. Addressing these factors may help to reduce levels of experienced stress and burnout.

Components of Burnout, Resources, and Gender‐Related Differences1

The present study examined gender‐related differences in the ways social support and coping contribute to burnout, as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Specific hypotheses were made regarding relationships between antecedent conditions and MBI subscales, including emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of personal accomplishment. Respondents were teachers, and data from 2 waves (1 year apart) were examined. Using LISREL structural equation analyses, results were that in women, co‐worker support led to lower emotional exhaustion, and in men, supervisor and co‐worker support led to higher personal accomplishment. Higher levels of internal control were associated with greater accomplishment in men only. Results were discussed from a gender role perspective.

Gender role stress and burnout in chinese human service professionals in Hong Kong

Abstract Three hundred and seventy-four Chinese human service professionals were surveyed to examine the associations between burnout and gender role stress. Gender role stress refers to people's gender-based cognitive appraisal of specific situations that are role dystonic and stressful. Results showed that gender role stress was the best predictor for emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, while professional type was the best predictor for personal accomplishment. Masculine gender role stress was related to emotional exhaustion and depersonalization for both male and female professionals, whereas feminine gender role stress was related to similar burnout dimensions for male professionals only. Gender role stress and burnout associations were found only in gender-typed professions of police officers and nurses, but not in a nongender-typed profession of secondary school teacher. Among the three groups, nurses experienced a higher level of gender role stress and lack of personal accomplishment than p...