Is Burnout Primarily Linked to Work-Situated Factors? A Relative Weight Analytic Study
It has often been asserted that burnout is primarily linked to occupational-context factors, and only secondarily to individual-level (e.g., personality) and non-work (or general) factors. We evaluated the validity of this view by examining the links between burnout and an array of 22 work-situated...
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| description | It has often been asserted that burnout is primarily linked to occupational-context factors, and only secondarily to individual-level (e.g., personality) and non-work (or general) factors. We evaluated the validity of this view by examining the links between burnout and an array of 22 work-situated (effort-reward imbalance, unreasonable work tasks, unnecessary work tasks, weekly working hours, job autonomy, skill development, performance feedback, and support in work life), work-unrelated (sentimental accomplishment, familial accomplishment, number of child[ren], leisure activities, residential satisfaction, environmental quality, security in daily life, and support in personal life), dispositional (neuroticism, sex, age, and physical condition), and intersecting (work–non-work conflict and non-work–work conflict) variables. The study involved schoolteachers from three different countries: France (N = 4,395), Spain (N = 611), and Switzerland (N = 514). Burnout was assessed with the Maslach Burnout Inventory for Educators. Most of our predictors were assessed based on widely used measures (e.g., neuroticism was assessed with the NEO-Five Factor Inventory). In order to assess sentimental accomplishment and familial accomplishment, we created two self-reported measures, namely, the Sentimental Accomplishment Inventory (SAI; 9 items) and the Familial Accomplishment Inventory (FAI; 9 items). The SAI and the FAI both showed strong reliability and high factorial validity. Exploratory structural equation modeling bifactor analysis and Mokken scaling suggested that both instruments could be considered essentially unidimensional. The study results showed that neuroticism, job strain, skill development, security in daily life, and work–non-work conflict were consistently associated with burnout across the three samples. Sample-specific predictors of burnout included sex, age, unreasonable work tasks, weekly working hours, job autonomy, support in work life, sentimental accomplishment, leisure activities, support in personal life, and non-work–work conflict. Relative weight analysis indicated that neuroticism was the best predictor of burnout in each sample. Our findings suggest that burnout’s nomological network may not be primarily job-related. We conclude that the tendency to de-emphasize individual-level and non-work factors in burnout research is unwise. This tendency may constitute a roadblock in the development of effective interventional strategies. The implications of our findings for burnout’s conceptual status are discussed. The neuroticism-burnout link should be further examined in longitudinal studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-586de24a75be4c62aeadcd00c447e2432022-12-21T22:00:54ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-01-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.623912623912Is Burnout Primarily Linked to Work-Situated Factors? A Relative Weight Analytic StudyRenzo Bianchi0Guadalupe Manzano-García1Jean-Pierre Rolland2Institute of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandDepartamento de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de La Rioja, Logroño, SpainUnité de Formation et de Recherche des Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives, Université Paris Nanterre, Nanterre, FranceIt has often been asserted that burnout is primarily linked to occupational-context factors, and only secondarily to individual-level (e.g., personality) and non-work (or general) factors. We evaluated the validity of this view by examining the links between burnout and an array of 22 work-situated (effort-reward imbalance, unreasonable work tasks, unnecessary work tasks, weekly working hours, job autonomy, skill development, performance feedback, and support in work life), work-unrelated (sentimental accomplishment, familial accomplishment, number of child[ren], leisure activities, residential satisfaction, environmental quality, security in daily life, and support in personal life), dispositional (neuroticism, sex, age, and physical condition), and intersecting (work–non-work conflict and non-work–work conflict) variables. The study involved schoolteachers from three different countries: France (N = 4,395), Spain (N = 611), and Switzerland (N = 514). Burnout was assessed with the Maslach Burnout Inventory for Educators. Most of our predictors were assessed based on widely used measures (e.g., neuroticism was assessed with the NEO-Five Factor Inventory). In order to assess sentimental accomplishment and familial accomplishment, we created two self-reported measures, namely, the Sentimental Accomplishment Inventory (SAI; 9 items) and the Familial Accomplishment Inventory (FAI; 9 items). The SAI and the FAI both showed strong reliability and high factorial validity. Exploratory structural equation modeling bifactor analysis and Mokken scaling suggested that both instruments could be considered essentially unidimensional. The study results showed that neuroticism, job strain, skill development, security in daily life, and work–non-work conflict were consistently associated with burnout across the three samples. Sample-specific predictors of burnout included sex, age, unreasonable work tasks, weekly working hours, job autonomy, support in work life, sentimental accomplishment, leisure activities, support in personal life, and non-work–work conflict. Relative weight analysis indicated that neuroticism was the best predictor of burnout in each sample. Our findings suggest that burnout’s nomological network may not be primarily job-related. We conclude that the tendency to de-emphasize individual-level and non-work factors in burnout research is unwise. This tendency may constitute a roadblock in the development of effective interventional strategies. The implications of our findings for burnout’s conceptual status are discussed. The neuroticism-burnout link should be further examined in longitudinal studies.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.623912/fullburnoutdepressionjob stressneuroticismpersonalityrelative weight analysis |
| spellingShingle | Renzo Bianchi Guadalupe Manzano-García Jean-Pierre Rolland Is Burnout Primarily Linked to Work-Situated Factors? A Relative Weight Analytic Study Frontiers in Psychology burnout depression job stress neuroticism personality relative weight analysis |
| title | Is Burnout Primarily Linked to Work-Situated Factors? A Relative Weight Analytic Study |
| title_full | Is Burnout Primarily Linked to Work-Situated Factors? A Relative Weight Analytic Study |
| title_fullStr | Is Burnout Primarily Linked to Work-Situated Factors? A Relative Weight Analytic Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is Burnout Primarily Linked to Work-Situated Factors? A Relative Weight Analytic Study |
| title_short | Is Burnout Primarily Linked to Work-Situated Factors? A Relative Weight Analytic Study |
| title_sort | is burnout primarily linked to work situated factors a relative weight analytic study |
| topic | burnout depression job stress neuroticism personality relative weight analysis |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.623912/full |
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