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An Analysis of the Psychological Causes of Job Burnout

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Behavioral and Mental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 1005

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Dr. Yolanda Baez-Lopez

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Facultad de Ingeniería, Arquitectura y Diseño, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Ensenada 23080, Mexico
Interests: lean manufacturing; six sigma; lean healthcare; artificial intelligence for process improvement and human reliability
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Dr. Jorge Limon-Romero

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Facultad de Ingeniería, Arquitectura y Diseño, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada 23080, Mexico
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainability can be considered a global concept that encompasses all aspects of business and the economy. It is not possible to address sustainability without taking into account the human factor, which can suffer from health problems due to the inherent nature of the work and the management of projects that face special challenges. Currently, health problems related to the workforce are intensely discussed, among which job burnout can be considered one of the most serious problems. The results of job burnout have significant impacts on organizations, such as decreased organizational performance through financial and productivity losses. Therefore, it is necessary to seek new approaches and theoretical perspectives that help to better understand the psychological causes of job burnout, and that allow the development of strategies to increase the well-being of workers through a sustainable and responsible work environment.

Dr. Yolanda Baez-López
Dr. Jorge Limon-Romero
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • job burnout
  • sustainability
  • psychological causes
  • productivity
  • well-being

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Mechanisms Explaining the Longitudinal Effect of Psychosocial Safety Climate on Work Engagement and Emotional Exhaustion among Education and Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Kelly Bourgoin Boucher, Hans Ivers and Caroline Biron
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(6), 698; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21060698 - 29 May 2024
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the education and healthcare sectors were severely affected. There is a need to investigate the ways in which these workers in at-risk sectors can be protected and through what mechanisms. The aims of this research are, therefore, (1) to [...] Read more.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the education and healthcare sectors were severely affected. There is a need to investigate the ways in which these workers in at-risk sectors can be protected and through what mechanisms. The aims of this research are, therefore, (1) to assess the mediating role of job demands and resources in the relationship between psychosocial safety climate (PSC) and work engagement and emotional exhaustion, and (2) to test for sector-specific differences among education and healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the study, which employed a longitudinal design including three measurement times, 70 education professionals and 69 healthcare professionals completed a questionnaire measuring PSC, psychological demands, social support, recognition, work engagement, and emotional exhaustion. The results show that PSC was significantly higher among education professionals than among healthcare professionals. When considering both job sectors together, mediation analyses show that social support mediates the PSC–work engagement relationship, while psychological demands mediate the PSC–emotional exhaustion relationship. Moderated mediation analyses show that job sector is a moderator: among education professionals, colleague support and recognition mediate the PSC–work engagement relationship, and psychological demands mediate the PSC–emotional exhaustion relationship. PSC is associated with more balanced job demands and resources, higher work engagement, and lower emotional exhaustion among education and healthcare professionals. The study of these two sectors, which are both vital to society but also more exposed to adverse work conditions, shows the importance that managers and executives must attach to their mental health by improving their respective working conditions. Full article
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