Job demands and perceived distance in leader-follower relationships: A study on emotional exhaustion among nurses
| Autor: | Valerio Dimonte, Giacomo Garzaro, Paola Gatti, Fabiola Musso, Andrea Caputo, Enrico Pira, Claudio Giovanni Cortese, Marco Clari |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Garzaro, G, Gatti, P, Caputo, A, Musso, F, Clari, M, Dimonte, V, Cortese, C, Pira, E |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Emotions Emotional exhaustion Nurses Workload Nursing Burnout Job Satisfaction Role conflict Surveys and Questionnaires Perception Perceived leader-follower interaction frequency Humans Emotional exhaustion Leader distance Perceived leader-follower interaction fre-quency Job demands Nursing Empirical evidence Burnout Professional General Nursing media_common Multilevel model Cognition M-PSI/06 - PSICOLOGIA DEL LAVORO E DELLE ORGANIZZAZIONI Leader distance Job demand Psychology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Applied Nursing Research. 61:151455 |
| ISSN: | 0897-1897 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apnr.2021.151455 |
| Popis: | Background Emotional exhaustion is the most important component of burnout syndrome, which is a threat to nurses' psychological well-being. Objectives The study investigated the impact of job demands - workload, cognitive demands, emotional demands, role conflict - and perceived leader-follower interaction frequency on emotional exhaustion among nurses. Methods This study was conducted at three hospitals in northern Italy through an anonymous self-report questionnaire administered to 560 nurses. Multiple hierarchical regression was performed. Results Workload and role conflict were positively related to emotional exhaustion, whereas cognitive demands and perceived leader-follower interaction frequency were negatively related. Emotional demands displayed a non-significant relationship with emotional exhaustion. Further analyses were performed to comment on the unexpected outcome of cognitive demands. A critical role of the perception of “distance” in leader-follower relationships on burnout was found. Conclusions This study provides novel insights into the relationship between job demands and burnout, and much needed empirical evidence on leader-follower relationships among nurses, pointing to the important role played by leader distance in nurses' well-being at work. Findings highlight the importance of training head nurses in managing their working relationship distance from their followers in order to help them soothing emotional exhaustion. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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