Rosa García-Sierra1,2, Jordi Fernández-Castro3, Fermín Martínez-Zaragoza4. 1. Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona. rgarcias@cst.cat. 2. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola, Barcelona. rgarcias@cst.cat. 3. Stress and Health Research Group, Department of Basic Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola, Barcelona. 4. Department of Health Psychology, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, Spain.
Abstract
AIM: The present study aimed to deepen the understanding of the relationships among job demands, control, social support, burnout and engagement in nurses. BACKGROUND: Burnout is a prevalent phenomenon among nurses because of the interaction between high demands and low resources, according to the job demands-resources model. METHODS: A descriptive, correlational design was used in a stratified random sample of 100 nurses recruited from two Spanish hospitals. Job demand, social support, control, engagement, and burnout were measured. Data were analysed by hierarchical regression analysis. RESULTS: Social support is a significant predictor of nurses' engagement and demands is a predictor of nurses' burnout. Work engagement moderates the relationship between job demands and burnout. CONCLUSIONS: The process that leads to burnout and the process that leads to engagement are not isolated processes; engagement acts as a moderator of burnout. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: The prevailing paradigm in combating burnout in nursing can be changed and could be based on the enhancement of nurses' strengths through increasing engagement.
AIM: The present study aimed to deepen the understanding of the relationships among job demands, control, social support, burnout and engagement in nurses. BACKGROUND: Burnout is a prevalent phenomenon among nurses because of the interaction between high demands and low resources, according to the job demands-resources model. METHODS: A descriptive, correlational design was used in a stratified random sample of 100 nurses recruited from two Spanish hospitals. Job demand, social support, control, engagement, and burnout were measured. Data were analysed by hierarchical regression analysis. RESULTS: Social support is a significant predictor of nurses' engagement and demands is a predictor of nurses' burnout. Work engagement moderates the relationship between job demands and burnout. CONCLUSIONS: The process that leads to burnout and the process that leads to engagement are not isolated processes; engagement acts as a moderator of burnout. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: The prevailing paradigm in combating burnout in nursing can be changed and could be based on the enhancement of nurses' strengths through increasing engagement.
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