What fuels the fire: Job- or task-specific motivation (or both)? On the hierarchical and multidimensional nature of teacher motivation in relation to job burnout

Drawing on a hierarchical (job and task level) and multidimensional conceptualisation of work motivation (intrinsic, identified, introjected, and external regulations), this study examines relationships between motivational regulations and burnout. Participants were 806 French-Canadian teachers working in public elementary and high schools. Results reveal different associations between burnout and the regulations that drive teachers to engage in their overall job or in specific tasks: autonomous regulations (intrinsic and identified) are negatively associated with burnout but more negatively at the job than task level, whereas controlled regulations (introjected and external) are positively associated with burnout but more positively at the task than job level. This study provides valuable insights into how teachers’ motivations towards both the job and tasks can foster or prevent burnout symptoms. Implications for theory and research on burnout and work motivation are discussed.     

医务人员职业倦怠及其影响因素的研究——以南京市某中医院为例

目的:探讨南京市某中医院医务人员职业倦怠状况及其影响因素,为减轻医务人员的职业倦怠状况提供理论依据?方法:应用社会人口学调查表及职业倦怠调查表进行问卷调查,并对结果进行统计分析?结果:性别?受教育程度?岗位?职称?每周工作时间?所属部门?每周体育锻炼次数?每周睡眠时间等均与职业倦怠有关?结论:医生的职业倦怠状况普遍存在,关注医务人员职业倦怠情况迫在眉睫,特别应该关注门诊医生?年轻医生和在高压状态下长时间工作的医务人员?     

住院医师职业倦怠及组织相关因素分析

目的:研究中国住院医师职业倦怠的现状及其组织相关因素?方法:采用中国职业倦怠量表(CMBI)?分配和程序公平量表?角色冲突分量表和角色混淆分量表?工作要求和决策自主量表对国内1 098名住院医生进行调查?结果:住院医师轻度以上倦怠达到76.7%;工作负荷?角色冲突和组织公平对住院医师有显著的预测作用;角色冲突和角色混淆对人格解体有显著的预测作用;程序公平?工作控制和工作负荷对成就感降低有显著的预测作用?结论:国内住院医师职业倦怠情况严重,并具有特异性的组织相关影响因素,应予以重视?     

基于双因素理论的医务人员职业倦怠成因分析

职业倦怠现象普遍存在,医务人员是易感人群,基于双因素理论分析医务人员职业倦怠的成因,指出既有保健因素不足,也有激励因素缺失的问题?从改革医务人员薪酬体制?培养责任意识强化内在激励作用?优化宏观的社会环境和体制等方面,提出建立系统化的社会支持以缓解倦怠感,提高医务人员职业积极性,促进医疗事业发展,构建和谐医患关系?     

Job-related resources,leader–member exchange and well-being – a longitudinal study

Studies show that high-quality reciprocal relationships between leaders and followers are positively associated with employee well-being. However, the pathways for promoting this health-enhancing leadership behaviour have not yet been well explored, and most studies have been cross-sectional. The primary objective of this study was to examine the effects of the interplay between job-related resources and leader–member exchange (LMX) on employee well-being, measured as the emotional exhaustion component of burnout. We applied a two-wave paper-and-pencil design, with an 11-month interval, in a sample of 343 employees working in the German healthcare sector. By means of structural equation modelling, we found that job-related resources (role clarity, meaningfulness and predictability) predicted higher quality LMX, which in turn related to lower levels of emotional exhaustion. The results support the important role of job resources in stimulating health-relevant aspects of leadership behaviour, and indicate ways in which leaders can promote employee health and well-being.     

Sociological conceptualizations of compassion fatigue: Expanding our understanding

Compassion fatigue has been primarily studied at the micro level and framed as a psychological “personal trouble” that results from one's personality traits, demographic characteristics, or life and work stressors. In addition, compassion fatigue is used to predict other psychological outcomes such as burnout, depersonalization, and stress. This literature on compassion fatigue has been reviewed, in order to illustrate areas where sociologists can contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the phenomenon. In this article we conceptualize compassion fatigue as a sociological concept and overview the potential ways that sociological approaches can enhance our understanding. We draw on the literatures of emotion work, social exchange theory, and macrolevel sociological theories to facilitate the use of compassion fatigue from a sociological perspective. For example, we use concepts such as social integration and anomie to stimulate thinking about rates of compassion fatigue.     

Jumping On and Off the Runaway Train of Success: Stress and Committed Intensity in an Academic Life

This story describes a seasoned professor's attempts to take stock of her academic life. The main voice is that of the professor as she lives, works, and considers what she cares about. The cacophony of other sounds comes from the questioning voices inside her head, blended with the imagined voices of her dogs Zen and Buddha, and the real voices of colleagues and her partner, Art. The author examines the ups and downs of her academic life and how stress, interruption, caring, and committed intensity play out. She provides her story as a mindful revision of how she wants to live and to stimulate readers to reflect on their own lives.     

From Role Conflict to Job Burnout: A Mediation Model Moderated by Mindfulness

This study examined the moderated mediating effect of mindfulness as an emotional resource on the relationship between role conflict and burnout (i.e., exhaustion, cynicism, and professional inefficacy) via negative affect. Participants were 481 adult employees in South Korea who provided self-report data 2 times with a 2-week interval. The results indicated that mindfulness moderated the relationship between role conflict and negative affect such that the effect of role conflict on negative affect was reduced when mindfulness was high. Furthermore, Time 1 role conflict had conditional indirect effects on 3 facets of burnout measured at Time 2 through Time 1 negative affect depending on the levels of Time 1 mindfulness. The findings suggest that mindfulness may prevent the development of negative affect from role conflict, ultimately reducing the impact of role conflict on burnout. Practitioners should introduce workplace mindfulness programs to help employees cope with burnout more effectively.     

基于人口学特征的高校教师职业倦怠元分析

研究采用元分析方法，旨在探讨影响高校教师职业倦怠的人口学因素，为提高高校教师的心理健康水平提供依据。结果显示：（1）高校教师呈中度职业倦怠且职业倦怠的发生率偏高；（2）人口学特征中的性别和婚姻因素对高校教师职业倦怠有一定影响，但影响不大；（3）职称因素对高校教师职业倦怠的调节效应显著；（4）年龄因素对高校教师职业倦怠的影响呈现随年龄的增长而减少的趋势；（5）高校教师职业倦怠其他研究特征因素的调节效应不显著。基于此，提出以下建议：（1）减轻高校教师工作负荷，关注高校教师身心健康；（2）营造良好的社会支持氛围；（3）关心高校教师的家庭生活；（4）公平地给予高校教师进修机会；（5）平衡"教学"与"科研"的业绩比重，制定科学合理的职称晋级评定标准。     

Factors related to casino dealer burnout and turnover intention in Macau: Implications for casino management

This study examined 172 casino dealers in Macau in order to understand dealers' feelings and attitudes about working in a casino. Several personality variables (emotional suppression, neuroticism, and need for achievement), organizational variables, i.e., organizational socialization (training, understanding, coworker support, future prospects), and distributive justice, were assessed in relation to casino dealers' job burnout, and work and pay satisfaction. All variables were tested as correlates of work and pay satisfaction, burnout, and turnover intention. Regressions found emotional suppression (a behaviour required of casino dealers) to be a strong negative predictor of work satisfaction; while training, distributive justice, and need for achievement were positive predictors. Emotional suppression and neuroticism were positive predictors of burnout; while future prospects and work satisfaction were negative predictors. Also, the future prospects and understanding dimensions of organizational socialization negatively predicted turnover intention. Results are interpreted in relation to casino administration and the management of casino dealers.