Relationship between Perfectionism, Psychological Hardiness, and Job Burnout of Employees at Executive Organizations

Kazemi, Ali; Ziaaddini, Mohamad

doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v4-i3/686

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“…In supporting this finding, according to Vegani et al ( 2020), resilience can help improve positive performance and prevent negative emotions, thoughts and behaviors, and increase life satisfaction and mental well-being in healthcare services staff and the general public (Vagni et al, 2020). This finding was consistent with the results of other studies (Azeem, 2010;Kazemi & Ziaaddini, 2014;Narimani & Abbasi, 2009).…”

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The Predictive Effect of Early Maladaptive Schemas and Hardiness on Burnout of Elementary School Teachers

Bay

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2022

Iranian Evolutionary and Educational Psychology

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Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion. The personality trait is one of the major causes of burnout. Moreover, schemas as personality traits discussed in personality developmental psychology are very important in this regard. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the predictive effect of early maladaptive schemas and hardiness on burnout of first grade elementary school teachers. For this purpose, the study questionnaires were distributed to all of the first-grade elementary school teachers in Gonbad Kavous city, Iran (142 people) to collect data. At the end, 108 questionnaires were analyzed. The research instruments included demographic questionnaire, Burnout Scale, Kobasa's Hardiness Scale -Short Form (1982) and Young's maladaptive schema-short form (2005). According to results, there was a positive and significant relationship between three domains of early maladaptive schemas including impaired performance and autonomy, impaired limits and hyper vigilance/inhibition with burnout. Also, there was a significant inverse relationship between hardiness and burnout. According to the results of multiple regression analysis, the model of study explained the 50.9% of the variance of burnout with the predictive power of two domains of impaired performance and autonomy and hyper vigilance/inhibition. Therefore, we conclude that considering the high predictive power of these two domains, schema-based educational and therapeutic interventions can be effective in preventing or reducing teacher burnout.

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confidence: 81%

The Predictive Effect of Early Maladaptive Schemas and Hardiness on Burnout of Elementary School Teachers

Bay

Novinrouz²

2022

Iranian Evolutionary and Educational Psychology

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“…This characteristic distinguishes them from others who may fall ill under stressful circumstances (Morelock, 1994). Thereby, individuals develop an accurate understanding of the external conditions and take suitable decisions regarding themselves (Kazemi and Ziaaddini, 2014). Hardiness refers to a specific style of an individual’s personality which includes characteristics such as commitment, control and challenge that enable them to have better control over their lives (Jalilvand et al , 2015; Jimenez et al , 2014; Gito et al , 2013).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, they are able to handle hardships and challenges and perceive unpleasant events as less threatening (Jalilvand et al , 2015). It has been suggested that hardiness mediates the effect of high stress levels (Azeem, 2010) and that it neutralizes the impact of stress on physical and psychological disturbances (Cerezo et al , 2015; Kazemi and Ziaaddini, 2014). Even in the Indian context, a study of IT professionals examined the inter-relationships between the constructs hardiness, self-esteem and occupational stress and found that hardiness indeed helps to cope with such stress (Subramanian and Vinothkumar, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%

Workplace bullying and job burnout

Srivastava

Dey

2020

IJOA

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the influence of workplace bullying on job burnout of employees and investigate the mediating role of hardiness in the relationship and the extent to which the mediation is moderated by emotional intelligence. Design/methodology/approach The present data were collected from 350 employees working in varied companies in the ITES-BPO sectors of Delhi NCR of India. The study used stratified sampling method for good coverage from different departments of the organizations. The present data were collected in two stages following the suggestion given by Podsakoff et al. (2003) so as to minimize common method bias. Findings The findings suggest that workplace bullying is positively related to job burnout, and workplace bullying is negatively associated with hardiness. Hardiness was also found to be negatively associated with job burnout. It has also been found that workplace bullying is associated with job burnout through hardiness, and emotional intelligence moderates the relationship between hardiness and job burnout. The results also indicate that the indirect effect of workplace bullying on job burnout via hardiness is conditional on emotional intelligence. Research limitations/implications As the present study pertains to only one part of India, i.e. Delhi NCR of India, the results cannot be generalized. Future research can take a larger sample for the same. The demographic variables’ effect was out of the scope of this study. If demographics were taken into consideration, it might have resulted in interesting results. Moreover, the employees who were physically present at the time of data collection were asked to respond in a given time frame. One might argue that employees were not given enough time to respond. Future work can also incorporate other sectors so as to do a comparative study between sectors. Practical implications Based on the study results, it may be suggested that managers may do well to devise strategies for coping with the phenomenon of workplace bullying and job burnout in employees, to provide a healthy work environment with better employee morale and enhanced productivity. Social implications The findings of the study have implications for organizations in the service sector, particularly the BPO-ITES sector examined in the study. This being a customer-focused industry expects employees to ensure meeting deadlines and enhanced customer satisfaction; therefore, it would be worthwhile for managers to help employees in dealing with job stressors in their work environment. It would be useful to raise awareness about workplace bullying and encourage employees to report such incidents while assuring the complete support of the management. Originality/value While a review of extant literature indicates that emotional intelligence may lead to a reduction in job burnout of employees, yet, emotional intelligence has not been used previously as a moderator in mitigating the influence of workplace bullying and job burnout. Moreover, the role of hardiness as a mediator in the above-mentioned relationships has not been addressed in previous studies.

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“…Moreover, the majority of studies has differentiated perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns when examining the relationships (e.g., Caliskan, Arikan, & Saatci, 2014;Chang, 2012;Craiovan, 2014;Fairlie & Flett, 2003;Hrabluik, Latham, & McCarthy, 2012;Kazemi & Ziaaddini, 2014;Li, Hou, Chi, Liu, & Hager, 2014;Mitchelson & Burns, 1998;Ozbilir et al, in press;Philp, Egan, & Kane, 2012;Schwenke, Ashby, & Gnilka, 2014;Stoeber & Rennert, 2008;Taris et al, 2010;Tashman, Tenenbaum, & Eklund, 2010;Van Yperen, Verbraak, & Spoor, 2011).…”

Section: Perfectionism and Burnoutmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Mitchelson and Burns (1998) higher levels of perfectionistic concerns, but not higher levels of perfectionistic strivings than healthy controls. Finally, Kazemi and Ziaaddini (2014) examined employees working in executive organizations. Only perfectionistic concerns showed a positive correlation with overall burnout (combining exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy), not perfectionistic strivings.…”

Section: Perfectionism and Burnoutmentioning

confidence: 99%