The role of rewards and demands in burnout among surgical nurses

• Authors: Beata A. Basińska , Ewa Wilczek-Rużyczka

Abstracts

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Objective: Job rewards have both, an intrinsic and an extrinsic motivational potential, and lead to employees' development as well as help them to achieve work goals. Rewards can balance job demands and protect from burnout. Due to changes on the labour market, new studies are needed. The aim of our study was to examine the role of demands and individual rewards (and their absence) in burnout among surgical nurses. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in 2009 and 2010 with 263 nurses who worked in surgical wards and clinics in hospitals in Southern Poland. The hypotheses were tested by the use of measures of demands and rewards (Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire by Siegrist) and burnout syndrome (Maslach Burnout Inventory). A cross-sectional, correlational study design was applied. Results: Nurses experienced the largest deficiencies in salary and prestige. Exhaustion was explained by stronger demands and lack of respect (large effect). Depersonalization was explained by stronger demands, lack of respect and greater job security (medium effect). Reduced personal achievement was explained by more demands and greater job security (small effect). Conclusions: Excessive demands and lack of esteem are key reasons for burnout among surgical nurses. Job security can increase burnout when too many resources are invested and career opportunities do not appear. These results may help to improve human resource management in the healthcare sector.

Keywords

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demands; job security; rewards; professional burnout; surgical nurses

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 593-604

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Beata A. Basińska

• Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland

author

Ewa Wilczek-Rużyczka

• Faculty of Psychology and Humanities, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13382-013-0129-8

Biblioteka Nauki

2179132