Burnout and engagement: A South African perspective

By S. Rothmann. 2003

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Work wellness, and more specifically burnout and engagement are important focus areas of research and intervention in South Africa. However, few studies have been conducted regarding the factorial validity, construct equivalence and item bias of measuring instruments of burnout and work engagement. Furthermore, few studies have been conducted regarding causal models of burnout as well as interventions to prevent and/or manage burnout in a multicultural context. Little is known about the causes of work engagement and interventions to increase it. Research should be conducted to validate measuring instruments of burnout, work engagement and predictors thereof in multicultural contexts. Research is also needed regarding the effectiveness of interventions to manage work engagement and to prevent and/or manage burnout. OPSOMMING Werkwelstand, en meer spesifiek psigiese uitbranding en begeestering is belangrike fokusareas vir navorsing en intervensie in Suid-Afrika. Tog is min studies onderneem rakende die faktorgeldigheid, konstrukekwivalensie en itemsydigheid van meetinstrumente van psigiese uitbranding en werksbegeestering. Verder is min studies onderneem ten opsigte van oorsaaklike modelle van psigiese uitbranding sowel as intervensies om uitbranding in ‘n multikulturele konteks te voorkom en/of te bestuur. Min is bekend oor die oorsake van werksbegeestering en intervensies om dit te verhoog. Navorsing moet onderneem word ten einde meetinstrumente van psigiese uitbranding, werksbegeestering en voorspellers daarvan in ‘n multikulturele konteks te valideer. Navorsing rakende die effektiwiteit van intervensies om werksbegeestering te bestuur en psigiese uitbranding te voorkom en/of te hanteer, is ook noodsaaklik.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Sources of job stress, work engagement and career orientations of employees in a South African financial institution. (2010, background): “Schaufeli and Bakker (2004) determined alpha coefficients between 0.68 and 0.91, while Storm and Rothmann (2003) report alpha coefficients ranging between 0.78 and 0.89.”
Work Related Stress, Burnout, Job Satisfaction and General Health of Nurses (2015, background): “This is especially important in developing contexts, with majority of research exploring these relationships being conducted in developed contexts [25–27].”
Exploring Employee Engagement from the Employee Perspective: Implications for HRD. (2011, background): “, 2006), optimism, self-efficacy (Macey and Schneider, 2008; Saks, 2006), self-esteem and coping style (Rothmann and Storm, 2003; Rothmann, 2003; Xanthopoulou et al., 2007) all play a part in the development of work-oriented variables, no specific research has explored personality characteristics an”
Psychological capital, work engagement and organisational commitment amongst call centre employees in South Africa (2013, background): “In a South African study, Rothmann and Essenko (2007) found that dispositional optimism had a direct effect on exhaustion and cynicism amongst support staff in a higher education institution.”
Factors associated with employee engagement in South Africa : original research (2010, methodology): “…A J ou rn al o f I nd us tri al P sy ch ol og y A rti cl e #9 25 (page number not for citation purposes) 6 Vol. 36 No. 2 Page 6 of 12 and Rothmann (2003) obtained the following alpha coefficients for the UWES in South Africa: vigour: 0.78, dedication: 0.89 and absorption: 0.78.”
The influence of ethical leadership on trust and work engagement: An exploratory study (2014, result): “Acceptable Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of the scales were also found in South African studies (Rothmann, 2003).”
Employee engagement: an examination of antecedent and outcome variables (2011, unknown): “Additionally, other models have suggested that personality variables such as curiosity (Reio, & Callahan, 2004; Reio, Petrosko, Wiswell, & Thongsukmag, 2006), optimism, self-efficacy (Macey & Schneider, 2008; Saks, 2006), self-esteem, and coping style (Storm & Rothmann, 2003; Rothmann, 2003; Xanthop”
Job stress, sense of coherence and work wellness in an electricity supply organisation (2005, background): “Studies (e.g. Antonovsky, 1987; 1993; Rothmann, 2003) have confirmed that a person’s sense of coherence is an important component of one's health and well-being.”