Tough Times Require Tough People: The Benefits of Grit for Reducing Employee Burnout
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Grit and Burnout
3. Methods
3.1. Study Design, Participants and Pilot Study
3.2. Measurments
3.2.1. Grit
3.2.2. Maslach Burnout Inventory
3.2.3. Background Questions
4. Results
4.1. Burnout
4.2. Relationship between Burnout and Grit
4.3. Maslach’s Three Dimensional Burnout Inventory (HBI-HSS) Scale: Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization and Personal Achievement
5. Discussion and Further Research
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Low | Middle | High | |
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Emotional exhaustion | <18 | 19–26 | >27 |
Depersonalization | <5 | 6–9 | >10 |
Personal achievement | <40 | 39–34 | >33 |
Age | Education | Gender | Grit | Manager | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | 1.69 | 1.77 | 1.61 | 28.01 | 1.67 |
Median | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 28.00 | 2.00 |
Standard deviation | 0.46 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 4.28 | 0.47 |
Low | Medium | High | |
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N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
Emotional Exhaustion | 29 (30.9) | 30 (31.9) | 35 (37.2) |
Depersonalization | 48 (44.9) | 34 (31.8) | 25 (23.4) |
Personal Achievements | 14 (14) | 70 (70) | 16 (16) |
Emotional Exhaustion | Depersonalization | Personal Achievement | |||||||
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B | SE | β | B | SE | β | B | SE | β | |
(Constant) | 430.3 | 120.9 | 280.7 | 60.9 | 150.8 | 10.4 | |||
Gr. Mindset | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.005 | 0.10 | 0.006 | 0.301 | 0.155 | 0.20 * |
Passion | 0.022 | 0.21 | 0.014 | 0.094 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.417 | 0.165 | 0.281 ** |
Grit | −0.80 | 0.27 | −0.33 *** | −0.42 | 0.14 | −0.32 ** | 0.382 | 0.215 | 0.176 * |
Age | −10.5 | 20.39 | 0.07 | −20.3 | 10.3 | −0.19 * | −0.39 | 10.93 | 0.02 |
Gender | 0.90 | 20.1 | 0.05 | −10.4 | 10.13 | −0.12 | −20.2 | 10.69 | −0.12 |
Education | −0.52 | 20.54 | −0.021 | −0.25 | 10.4 | −0.02 | 0.89 | 20.05 | 0.040 |
Manager | −40.7 | 20.28 | −0.22 * | −20.8 | 10.2 | −0.23 ** | −30.9 | 10.84 | −0.20 ** |
Work Exp. | 40.2 | 20.4 | 0.20 * | 0.35 | 10.3 | 0.03 | −10.4 | 10.9 | −0.071 |
F | 20.4 | 20.3 | 40.68 | ||||||
Adjusted R^2 | 0.0111 | 0.97 | 0.236 |
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Kristinsson, K.; Gudjonsson, S.; Kristjansdottir, B. Tough Times Require Tough People: The Benefits of Grit for Reducing Employee Burnout. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 6024. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20116024
Kristinsson K, Gudjonsson S, Kristjansdottir B. Tough Times Require Tough People: The Benefits of Grit for Reducing Employee Burnout. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(11):6024. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20116024
Chicago/Turabian StyleKristinsson, Kari, Sigurdur Gudjonsson, and Bryndis Kristjansdottir. 2023. "Tough Times Require Tough People: The Benefits of Grit for Reducing Employee Burnout" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 11: 6024. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20116024