Well-being at work and Finnish dairy farmers─from job demands and loneliness towards burnout
ObjectivesNovel information about the relationships between farmers’ job demands, lack of resource, burnout, and ill health is reported based on testing the so-called “health impairment process” of the Job Demands─Resources Model (JD-R) on a representative sample of Finnish dairy farmers. The aim wa...
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| author | Marja K. Kallioniemi Janne Kaseva Hanna-Riitta Kymäläinen Jari J. Hakanen |
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| description | ObjectivesNovel information about the relationships between farmers’ job demands, lack of resource, burnout, and ill health is reported based on testing the so-called “health impairment process” of the Job Demands─Resources Model (JD-R) on a representative sample of Finnish dairy farmers. The aim was to find out whether two different job demand factors; workload, societal demands and lack of resource; loneliness, were related to the indicators of ill health via burnout.MethodsThe data is based on a postal survey of 400 Finnish dairy farms. Altogether 265 questionnaires were received from 188 farms and included in the analysis. The response rate was 47 per cent among sample farms. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyze the relationships between the variables. Explanatory factor analysis was used to group the job demand and lack of resource variables.ResultsWe identified two job demand factors, which we labelled workload and societal demands and one lacking job resource, loneliness. Our theoretical model was supported in that two of the factors, namely workload and loneliness, were related to ill health indirectly via burnout. In addition, workload was directly connected with ill health. Societal job demands were not significantly related to burnout, or to ill health.ConclusionOur results suggest that farmers could benefit from means to reduce workload, especially the physical load. This topic needs further research as the restructuring process has increased farm enterprise sizes. There is a need to develop tools and projects to alleviate loneliness among farmers. Lack of social support, high workload, ill health, and burnout among farmers may have serious direct and indirect negative consequences for the sustainability of farming. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-185db049245841b19eb81c96459d58652022-12-22T04:35:00ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-11-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.976456976456Well-being at work and Finnish dairy farmers─from job demands and loneliness towards burnoutMarja K. Kallioniemi0Janne Kaseva1Hanna-Riitta Kymäläinen2Jari J. Hakanen3Bioeconomy and Environment, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Jokioinen, FinlandNatural Resources and Bioproduction, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Jokioinen, FinlandDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandWork Ability and Working Careers, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Helsinki, FinlandObjectivesNovel information about the relationships between farmers’ job demands, lack of resource, burnout, and ill health is reported based on testing the so-called “health impairment process” of the Job Demands─Resources Model (JD-R) on a representative sample of Finnish dairy farmers. The aim was to find out whether two different job demand factors; workload, societal demands and lack of resource; loneliness, were related to the indicators of ill health via burnout.MethodsThe data is based on a postal survey of 400 Finnish dairy farms. Altogether 265 questionnaires were received from 188 farms and included in the analysis. The response rate was 47 per cent among sample farms. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyze the relationships between the variables. Explanatory factor analysis was used to group the job demand and lack of resource variables.ResultsWe identified two job demand factors, which we labelled workload and societal demands and one lacking job resource, loneliness. Our theoretical model was supported in that two of the factors, namely workload and loneliness, were related to ill health indirectly via burnout. In addition, workload was directly connected with ill health. Societal job demands were not significantly related to burnout, or to ill health.ConclusionOur results suggest that farmers could benefit from means to reduce workload, especially the physical load. This topic needs further research as the restructuring process has increased farm enterprise sizes. There is a need to develop tools and projects to alleviate loneliness among farmers. Lack of social support, high workload, ill health, and burnout among farmers may have serious direct and indirect negative consequences for the sustainability of farming.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.976456/fullagricultureburnoutjob demands – resources modeldairy farmfarmerFinland |
| spellingShingle | Marja K. Kallioniemi Janne Kaseva Hanna-Riitta Kymäläinen Jari J. Hakanen Well-being at work and Finnish dairy farmers─from job demands and loneliness towards burnout Frontiers in Psychology agriculture burnout job demands – resources model dairy farm farmer Finland |
| title | Well-being at work and Finnish dairy farmers─from job demands and loneliness towards burnout |
| title_full | Well-being at work and Finnish dairy farmers─from job demands and loneliness towards burnout |
| title_fullStr | Well-being at work and Finnish dairy farmers─from job demands and loneliness towards burnout |
| title_full_unstemmed | Well-being at work and Finnish dairy farmers─from job demands and loneliness towards burnout |
| title_short | Well-being at work and Finnish dairy farmers─from job demands and loneliness towards burnout |
| title_sort | well being at work and finnish dairy farmers─from job demands and loneliness towards burnout |
| topic | agriculture burnout job demands – resources model dairy farm farmer Finland |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.976456/full |
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