Early predictors of job burnout and engagement.
A longitudinal study predicted changes in burnout or engagement a year later by identifying 2 types of early indicators at the initial assessment. Organizational employees (N = 466) completed measures of burnout and 6 areas of worklife at 2 times with a 1-year interval. Those people who showed an inconsistent pattern at Time 1 were more likely to change over the year than were those who did not. Among this group, those who also displayed a workplace incongruity in the area of fairness moved to burnout at Time 2, while those without this incongruity moved toward engagement. The implications of these 2 predictive indicators are discussed in terms of the enhanced ability to customize interventions for targeted groups within the workplace.
Maslach
Christina
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Psychology Department, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1500, USA. maslach@berkeley.edu
Leiter
Michael P
MP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016526:Workload