The relation between social capital and burnout: a longitudinal study
| Autor: | Peter Vlerick, Bart Van de Ven, Els Clays, Heidi Janssens, Lutgart Braeckman, Bart De Clercq |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Adult
Male Longitudinal study media_common.quotation_subject Burnout 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Belgium Surveys and Questionnaires 0502 economics and business Humans Professional Autonomy Longitudinal Studies 030212 general & internal medicine Workplace Emotional exhaustion Burnout Professional Competence (human resources) media_common Self-rated health 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Social relation Social Capital Female Psychology Social psychology 050203 business & management Autonomy Social capital |
| Zdroj: | International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 91:1001-1009 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1246 0340-0131 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00420-018-1341-4 |
| Popis: | Although social capital approach has showed its merits in predicting well-being and health in the working environment, studies examining the relation between social capital and burnout are scarce and limited to cross-sectional studies in the health care sector. This study aims to explore the longitudinal relationship between workplace social capital and burnout in a Belgian company in the energy sector. An additional aim was to assess whether the relation between workplace social capital and the dimensions of burnout was independent of job characteristics, i.e., the level of decision-making autonomy and task variety, and demographical variables. Analyses are conducted on the questionnaire data of 473 workers who participated at the two waves (2013 and 2014) of a longitudinal study. The results showed a negative relation between social capital and distance and a positive relation between social capital and competence, after 1-year follow-up and after adjustments for baseline levels of the respective burnout dimension. In contrast with the literature, no relation between social capital and emotional exhaustion was found after adjustment for baseline level of emotional exhaustion. After additional adjustments were made for the job characteristics ‘decision-making autonomy’ and ‘task variety’, the relation between social capital and competence disappeared. This study delivered evidence for the lagged relation between social capital and distance, even after controlling for demographical and job characteristics. Therefore, the findings suggest that organizations should pay attention to strategies enhancing social interaction, enabling to increase the levels of support, reciprocity, sharing and trust, in the prevention of burnout. |
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