How changes in job demands and resources predict burnout, work engagement, and sickness absenteeism.
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The present longitudinal survey among 201 telecom managers supports the Job Demands‐Resources (JD‐R) model that postulates a health impairment process and a motivational process. As hypothesized, results of structural equation modeling analyses revealed that: (1) increases in job demands (i.e., overload, emotional demands, and work‐home interference) and decreases in job resources (i.e., social support, autonomy, opportunities to learn, and feedback) predict burnout, (2) increases in job resources predict work engagement, and (3) burnout (positively) and engagement (negatively) predict registered sickness duration (“involuntary” absence) and frequency (“involuntary” absence), respectively. Finally, consistent with predictions results suggest a positive gain spiral: initial work engagement predicts an increase in job resources, which, in its turn, further increases work engagement. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Empirical research across various occupational settings has demonstrated the mediating role of work engagement between job demands and wellbeing.
“Empirical research across various occupational settings has demonstrated the mediating role of work engagement between job demands and wellbeing (Schaufeli et al., 2009; Koroglu and Ozmen, 2022).”
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Engaged people are healthy and have low rates of absenteeism.
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- Authors
- Schaufeli, W. B., Bakker, A. B., & Van Rhenen, W.
- Affiliations
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Schaufeli, Wilmar B.
- Venue
- Journal of Organizational Behavior
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-01-21
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 893-917
- ISSN
- 0894-3796 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-1379
- OpenAlex
- W2097202556
- Cited by
- 2,059
- References
- 22
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- FWCI
- 119.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- lirias.kuleuven.be
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Organizational Behavior (publishedVersion)
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- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
- Keywords
- job demands-resources model, burnout, work engagement, sick leave, job demands, job resources, workload, emotional demands, work-home interference, social support, autonomy, feedback
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