The Relationship Between Quality of Work Life and Burnout: A Linear Regression Structural-Equation Modeling

Ashrafi, Zahra; Ebrahimi, Hossein; Khosravi, Ahmad; Navidian, Ali; Ghajar, Aleme

doi:10.5812/jhealthscope.68266

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“…In Farsi et al's study, quality of work life was significantly correlated with the two components of emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment. However, in the present study, only emotional exhaustion correlated significantly with quality of work life (28) .In a study carried out by Ashrafi et al on nursing, it was revealed that quality of work life has a significant negative association with job burnout, which is consistent with results of the current study (29). Moreover, Karim's findings on prison staff indicated that there was a significant association between job burnout and quality of work life (30).…”

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Quality of work life and its association with job burnout and job performance among Iranian healthcare employees in Islamabad-e Gharb, 2016

Bakhshi

Gharagozlou

Naderi

2019

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Article Info Background: Health care centers play an important role in providing health service to the public and maintaining the health of the community. This study was an attempt to evaluate the quality of work life and its association with job burnout and job performance among healthcare employees. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 136 employees of healthcare centers and health homes in Islamabad-e Gharb in 2016. The data collection tools were a demographic characteristics questionnaire, Walton's Quality of Work Life Questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Inventory, and Hersey and Goldsmith's Job Performance Questionnaire. The statistical analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics, the spearman correlation coefficient, one-way ANOVAs, and independent t-tests. Results: The quality of work life was obtained to be low for only over a quarter of participants, whereas only 0.7% of them reported it to be high. The majority of respondents (72.63%), however, stated it as moderate. The quality of work life had a significant negative correlation with job burnout (r=-0.291 P = 0.001) and held a significant positive association with job performance (r=0.642 P = 0.000). Conclusion: The findings of this study suggested a clear link between the quality of working life and both job burnout and job performance. Therefore, taking actions such as providing opportunities for the staff to continue their education, increasing their salaries and benefits as well as promoting their jobs would be considered as common-sense approaches contributing to enhancing the quality of work life.

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Quality of work life and its association with job burnout and job performance among Iranian healthcare employees in Islamabad-e Gharb, 2016

Bakhshi

Gharagozlou

Naderi

2019

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“…Regarding the professional aspect, job burnout has been associated with absenteeism, decreased productivity, organizational commitment, motivation and satisfaction [ 3 , 5 , 10 ]; reduced physical and mental health and affecting the quality of work [ 72 ]. In fact, the level of satisfaction in the workplace is found to have a decisive influence on workers’ health [ 73 ].…”

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“…In fact, the level of satisfaction in the workplace is found to have a decisive influence on workers’ health [ 73 ]. Lower levels of burnout are found in people with a greater interest in their jobs [ 72 ]. On the other hand, high levels of burnout were reported as possibly indicating a negative attitude towards work and oneself, lack of interest and lack of satisfaction with one’s work [ 74 ].…”

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Quality of Work Life and Contribution to Productivity: Assessing the Moderator Effects of Burnout Syndrome

Leitão

Pereira

Gonçalves

2021

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This study is focused on assessing the effects of burnout as a moderator of the relationship between employees’ quality of work life (QWL) and their perceptions of their contribution to the organization’s productivity by integrating the QWL factors into the trichotomy of (de)motivators of productivity in the workplace. The empirical findings resulting from an OLS multiple regression, with interaction terms, applied to a survey administered at 514 employees in 6 European countries, point out two important insights: (i) QWL hygiene factors (e.g., safe work environment and occupational healthcare) positively and significantly influence the contribution to productivity; and (ii) burnout de-motivator factors (that is, low effectiveness, cynicism, and emotional exhaustion) significantly moderate the relationship between QWL and the contribution to productivity. Combining burnout with other QWL components, such as occupational health, safe work, and appropriate salary, new insights are provided concerning the restricting (i.e., low effectiveness and cynicism) and catalyzing (emotional exhaustion) burnout components of contribution to productivity. These findings are particularly relevant given the increased weight of burnout, mental disorders and absenteeism in the labor market, affecting individuals’ quality of life and organizations’ performance and costs.

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“…The findings of some studies have also indicated that having a good level of QWL would reduce employee complaints and work-related absences (Uysal et al, 2018). In contrast, undesirable QWL can make employees prone to mental disorders (Biglari et al, 2014) and increase turnover rate and burnout symptoms (Ashrafi et al, 2018;Jafari et al, 2017). In addition, undesirable QWL could influence depersonalization (Permarupan et al, 2020).…”

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“…Alongside these studies, there has been a high volumes researches conducted to identify mechanisms through which QWL can affect the mentioned outputs. Ashrafi et al (2018) demonstrated that the effect of QWL on outputs such as personal accomplishment, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalization might be mediated by burnout. Likewise, Salehi et al (2020) demonstrated that the effect QWL on psychological well-being is mediated by burnout.…”

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Quality of work life among surgeons and its association with musculoskeletal complaints

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Quality of Work Life (QWL) can affect health and safety of individuals. The aim of the present study was to evaluate QWL among surgeons and investigate its association with musculoskeletal complaints. This cross-sectional study was conducted among surgeons working in hospitals located in Zahedan, Iran. QWL was assessed using the Walton's 35-item questionnaire and the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) was used for assessing musculoskeletal complaints. The effects of age, gender, BMI, working hours, and working posture were adjusted. Univariate and multivariate binary logistic regressions and independent T-test were employed for analyzing data. Seventy-four surgeons participated in this study. They were mostly male (60.8%) and married (73.00%) with the mean age of 37.9 years (±5.3) and the mean experience of 7 years (±4.23). Most of them (87.8%) had a moderate level of QWL and 90.6% of them had musculoskeletal complaints in at least one part of their body. "Development of human capacities" and "the total life space" had the highest and lowest scores, respectively. QWL was a significant predictor of pain and discomfort complaints in the neck, shoulders, upper back, elbows and legs. Alongside improving workstations and tools used by surgeons, interventions aimed at promoting QWL may be necessary to reduce musculoskeletal complaints among them.

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The Relationship Between Quality of Work Life and Burnout: A Linear Regression Structural-Equation Modeling

Abstract: Background: Most health professions, including nursing, create a lot of stress. To alleviate and cope with stresses and strains of the job, awareness of the causes is essential. Burnout and quality of work life are among factors affecting employees' performance degradation.

Cited by 18 publications

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Quality of work life and its association with job burnout and job performance among Iranian healthcare employees in Islamabad-e Gharb, 2016

Quality of work life and its association with job burnout and job performance among Iranian healthcare employees in Islamabad-e Gharb, 2016

Quality of Work Life and Contribution to Productivity: Assessing the Moderator Effects of Burnout Syndrome

Quality of work life among surgeons and its association with musculoskeletal complaints

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