Linking workplace burnout theories to the project management discipline
| Autor: | Christian Cook, Kam Jugdev, Gita Mathur |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Social psychology (sociology)
Knowledge management business.industry Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject Employee retention 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology Burnout Project manager 021105 building & construction 0502 economics and business Employee engagement Conceptual model Business and International Management Project management business Psychology 050203 business & management media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. 11:198-221 |
| ISSN: | 1753-8378 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/ijmpb-02-2017-0020 |
| Popis: | PurposeGiven the demanding and stressful nature of project work, with a view to explore established concepts of burnout within the project management context, the purpose of this paper is to examine two instruments: the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Areas of Worklife Survey (AWS). Since there is a paucity of literature in project management anchored within the MBI and the Areas of Worklife Survey (AWS), this paper proposes a high-level model on burnout in project management, drawing on the literature underlying these two instruments.Design/methodology/approachUsing a conceptual approach, the paper reviews the social psychology literature on burnout and then the narrow stream of literature on burnout in project management. The paper develops and proposes a conceptual model as a foundation to explore the links between the determinants of project manager burnout/engagement and turnover/retention.FindingsThis paper contributes to an improved understanding of the determinants of project manager burnout, engagement, turnover, and retention.Practical implicationsThe driver for this research is to contribute to the emerging literature on burnout in project management and strategies to help improve engagement and retention of project managers in the discipline – specifically, their tenure in organizations and/or the profession.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the topic of burnout in the project management context. An improved understanding of the stressors in project management contexts, and the mechanisms to mitigate the stress, can add to our understanding of project manager well-being, engagement and retention, improved project success, and healthier work environments. |
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