Burnout among university faculty: the central role of work<b>–</b>family conflict

Zábrodská, Kateřina; Mudrák, Jiří; Šolcová, Iva Poláčková; Květoň, Petr; Blatný, Marek; Machovcová, Kateřina

doi:10.1080/01443410.2017.1340590

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“…Taking into consideration that no direct comparison with previous occupational stress studies can be made because different measures were used and sources were not ranked, the results indicate that occupational stress among academics are widespread. Previous studies have however reported on stressors which are of increasing concern to academics including work overload, work-life balance, job security, career advancement, lack of control and lack of resources and communication (Barkhuizen and Rothmann 2008;Gillespie et al 2001;Tytherleigh et al 2005;Zábrodská et al 2018). As these sources were identified as the top stressors contributing to occupational stress, the following section will discuss how these sources differ from or align to the results obtained in this study.…”

Section: Occupational Stress Experienced Among Academic Staffsupporting

confidence: 54%

“…Tools and equipment, career advancement and job security were less of a concern as sources of occupational stress than reported in literature (Zábrodská et al 2018;Tytherleigh et al 2005). Academics in this sample were less stressed about the lack of resources available to them.…”

Section: Occupational Stress Experienced Among Academic Staffmentioning

confidence: 49%

“…Family and personal obligations coupled with greater responsibilities for work related duties mean that women have to negotiate maternal or parental responsibilities with stringent academic demands (Higgins, Duxbury and Lyons 2010). Recent research has highlighted that women in academic positions experience higher levels of burnout than their male counterparts (Zábrodská et al 2018). Addittionally, a systematic review conducted by Watts and Robertson (2011) reported that female teaching staff report higher levels of emotional exhaustion, which may be due to these multiple roles and their emotional demands.…”

Section: Associations Between Demographics and Occupational Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Academics must improve the quality of their teaching, improve throughput rates and ensure the employability of graduates (Barkhuizen and Rothmann 2008). Academics must produce good quality research, supervise student research, attract external funding, and engage in various administrative duties (Zábrodská et al 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The profile of occupational stress in a sample of health profession academics at a historically disadvantaged university in South Africa

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Background: Higher education is a high stress occupation or environment. Academics in health professions are engaged in professional training that adds clinical or profession-specific competencies to general academic and research outcomes. Academics in health professions assume many roles and must remain current in the practise of their professions that increases stress. Studies on occupational stress amongst health professions academics are lacking in the South African context. Objectives: To assess occupational stress in a sample of Health profession academics at aHistorically Disadvantaged Institution (HDI).Methods: An online survey was conducted with a randomly selected sample of 51 permanent academics. The response rate was 55 per cent after incentives and reminders. Instruments included a demographic questionnaire, Assessing emotions scale and the Sources of Work Stress Inventory. Descriptive statistics, correlation and regression were used to analyse the data. Instruments were reliable with this sample. Ethics clearance was obtained (Reg. No.: 15/4/42) and all ethics principles were upheld. Simons, Munnik, Frantz and Smith The profile of occupational stress in a sample of health profession academics 133Results: The sample was mostly female, and the composition was consistent with the profiles of the faculty, health professions and HDIs. Small effects were reported for associations between demographics, EI and Occupational stress. Mixed results were reported for predictive relationships. EI and level of education were predictive of certain sources of occupational stress.Conclusion: Transformations and the work environment contributed to academics experiencing occupational stress. The historical apartheid legacies still manifest in patterned ways along gender, race and professional status in the occupational stress academics experience. Health professionals constitute a legitimate subgroup that impacts the experience and management of occupational stress. EI is an important factor to consider in the experience and management of occupational stress.

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“…Moreover, competitiveness, publication pressures and excessive paperwork (increasing the already intense pressure of the publish or perish situation) strain faculty. In addition, autonomy, societal prestige, and collegial support are decreasing [14,15] while extraneous tasks, such as administrative demands, increase [16]. Several academics perceive these new demands as a threat to two principal characteristics of their work: academic freedom and autonomy [1].…”

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The Unbearable Lightness of the Academic Work: The Positive and Negative Sides of Heavy Work Investment in a Sample of Italian University Professors and Researchers

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Universities perform very demanding tasks within a workplace characterized by a critical psychosocial environment. Against this backdrop, the aim of this study is to extend the current literature on the job sustainability of faculty professors, examine the associations of certain job resources (meaningfulness of work, reward) and job demands (work overload, conflict among colleagues) with workaholism, burnout, engagement. A self-report questionnaire was administered within a public higher education institution in Italy to a sample constituted by 291 professors. The results of path analysis show that meaningfulness of work and reward positively correlate with work engagement, work satisfaction, and psychological wellbeing and ward off emotional exhaustion and intention to leave. Work overload correlates positively with workaholism, work-family conflict and intention to leave and negatively with job satisfaction. Finally, workaholism correlates with work engagement and mediates the relationship between work overload and work-family conflict, emotional exhaustion, and psychological discomfort. The study highlights that to support the work of academic workers and build healthy and sustainable universities, it is necessary to promote job resources and control job demands. Moreover, the study highlights that work engagement and workaholism can be respectively considered as the positive and negative sides of heavy work investment.

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Hidden Lives. Early Childhood Care as an Academic: The Slow Burn

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2023

Angewandte Chemie

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As the inaugural entry in the new series Hidden Lives, this Viewpoint Article highlights challenges in early childhood care faced by academicians. Research centers must adapt to societal shifts in family structure, uncertainty around research funding, expanded job responsibilities and upheavals brought about by the pandemic. These problems represent opportunities for change at the technological, cultural and policy levels. It is crucial that we recognize those in need and help where we can.

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Burnout among university faculty: the central role of work–family conflict

Cited by 72 publications

References 48 publications

The profile of occupational stress in a sample of health profession academics at a historically disadvantaged university in South Africa

The profile of occupational stress in a sample of health profession academics at a historically disadvantaged university in South Africa

The Unbearable Lightness of the Academic Work: The Positive and Negative Sides of Heavy Work Investment in a Sample of Italian University Professors and Researchers

Hidden Lives. Early Childhood Care as an Academic: The Slow Burn

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