Chronic job burnout and daily functioning: A theoretical analysis
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In this article, we discuss the individual employee's role in the development of his/her job burnout. We review the antecedents and consequences of burnout, and propose a model with chronic burnout as a moderator of daily functioning in the workplace. Specifically, we argue that chronic burnout strengthens the loss cycle of daily job demands, daily exhaustion, and daily self-undermining. Additionally, we argue that chronic burnout weakens the gain cycle of daily job resources, daily work engagement, and daily job crafting. We conclude that employees with high levels of burnout need help in structurally changing their working conditions and health status.
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- Authors
- Bakker, A. B., & Costa, P. L.
- Affiliations
- Lingnan University (HK)
- Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (PT)
- Corresponding author
- Bakker, Arnold B.
- Venue
- Burnout Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-12
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 112-119
- ISSN
- 2213-0578 (ISSN-L)
- 2213-0586
- OpenAlex
- W2092081828
- Cited by
- 468
- References
- 82
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- FWCI
- 23.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Burnout Research (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Digital Commons - Lingnan (Lingnan University) (submittedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
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- Repositório do ISCTE-IUL (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
- Keywords
- daily functioning, burnout consequences, job demands, job resources, exhaustion, work engagement, job crafting, moderation model, working conditions
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