| Autor: |
Kitaoka-Higashiguchi, Kazuyo, Nakagawa, Hideaki, Morikawa, Yuko, Ishizaki, Masao, Miura, Katsuyuki, Naruse, Yuchi, Kido, Teruhiko, Higashiyama, Masako |
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Stress & Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress; Dec2004, Vol. 20 Issue 5, p255-260, 6p, 1 Diagram, 3 Graphs |
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The construct validity of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) has been a major point of focus for many studies. The validity of the MBI-General Survey (MBI-GS), a newly developed instrument intended for use outside the human services has not been sufficiently investigated. The aim of this present study is to investigate the validity of the MBI-GS. The Japanese language version of the MBI-GS was prepared for this research and it was administered to a sample of intermediate managers (n = 696) working for a manufacturing company in Japan. The total of 691 effective data were obtained. The exploratory factor analysis replicated the same three-factor structure (Exhaustion, Cynicism, and Professional Efficacy) as the original whereas inter-factor correlation between Exhaustion and Cynicism was moderate. Cronbach's alpha coefficients for all three subscales were above 0.80. The confirmatory factor analysis supported a three-factor model whereas Exhaustion and Cynicism were moderately related. To investigate the construct validity, three subscales of the MBI-GS were then related to selected work characteristics. Based on conservation of resources theory, differential patterns of effects were predicted among the correlates and the burnout subscales. A path analysis revealed that the expectations were largely supported, suggesting that the meaning of the three subscales is quite different with a path from Exhaustion to Cynicism. The study found support for the construct validity of the MBI-GS. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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