scholarly journals Psychosocial Burden and Strains of Pedagogues—Using the Job Demands-Resources Theory to Predict Burnout, Job Satisfaction, General State of Health, and Life Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 7921
Author(s):  
Marie Drüge ◽  
Sandra Schladitz ◽  
Markus Antonius Wirtz ◽  
Karin Schleider
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Prediction Model ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
General State ◽  
Psychosocial Burden ◽  
Role Conflicts ◽  
Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire

The current study examines the Job Demands-Resources theory among pedagogical professionals. A total of 466 pedagogues (n = 227 teachers; n = 239 social workers) completed the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire online. After testing the questionnaire structure using confirmatory factor analysis, a JD-R-based prediction model to predict effects of strains on the outcome constructs of burnout, job satisfaction, general state of health, and life satisfaction was estimated. The results confirm the questionnaire structure (RMSEA= 0.038; CFI = 0.94) as well as the fit of the prediction model (RMSEA = 0.039; CFI = 0.93). The outcome constructs could be predicted by emotional demands, work–privacy conflict, role conflicts, influence at work, scope for decision making, and opportunities for development (0.41 ≤ R² ≤ 0.57). Especially for life satisfaction, a moderator analysis proved the differences between teachers and social workers in the structure of the prediction model. For teachers, quantitative demands and work–privacy conflict are predictive, and for social workers, role conflicts and burnout are predictive. The study offers starting points for job-related measures of prevention and intervention.

scholarly journals Are social media bad for your employees? : effects of at-work break activities on recovery experiences, job satisfaction, and life satisfaction

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Yi-Sung Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Recovery Experiences ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences

Despite the alleged importance of work breaks, little is known about antecedents and consequences of social media break activities besides non-social media break activities. Since individuals use social media to contact friends and families, find information, and be entertained, this study theorized that engaging in social media break activities while at work can help employees to experience psychological detachment and relaxation during work hours. The purpose of this study was to explore this growingly popular topic of social media use at work by focusing on job demands that may explain why employees perceive social media are vital for them at work. Further, this study seeks to understand when and how employees use social media at work to experience recovery, which, in turn, increases their job satisfaction and life satisfaction. Questionnaires were collected from current hospitality non-managerial and managerial employees in the United States. Structural equation modeling was employed to analyze data. Results of the study confirm that at-work break activities including social and non-social media break activities can be a channel for employees to experience recovery and deal with job demands. Moreover, the results suggest that when employees reported their perceptions of recovery experiences, positive perceptions had a positive impact on job satisfaction and life satisfaction. The findings also indicate that employees who are happy at work have a high life satisfaction. The results fill an empirical gap in the theoretical literature on at-work break activities and recovery. This study offers further insight and empirical evidence about the positive outcomes of both social and non-social media break activities to researchers, practitioners, and human resource professionals.

Job Demands and Stress Reactions in Repetitive and Uneventful Monotony at Work

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 365-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunn Johansson
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Stress Reactions ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Long Term Consequences

Monotonous work has been analyzed from sociological and social psychological perspectives in terms of consequences for job satisfaction, life satisfaction, leisure activities, and health. In this article, a distinction is made between repetitive and uneventful monotony. Psychobiological reactions to these tasks are analyzed and related to possible long-term consequences for health. Strategies for work reform required for the two types of monotony are discussed.

RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ROLE CONFLICTS, ROLE SATISFACTIONS AND LIFE SATISFACTION: EVIDENCE FROM HONG KONG

1998 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy K. Chiu
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Interrole Conflict ◽  
Family Conflicts ◽  
Role Conflicts ◽  
Work Family

This study investigated the direct effects among work/family conflicts, job, marital and life satisfactions reported by a Hong Kong sample. Seventeen hundred questionnaires were sent to three different professions in Hong Kong and 497 successful responses were obtained. The findings indicated that work and family conflicts as well as interrole conflict affected job satisfaction and marital satisfaction. Likewise, life satisfaction reported by the respondents was affected by their level of job satisfaction and marital satisfaction as well.

Burnout, workplace support, job satisfaction and life satisfaction among social workers in Spain: A structural equation model

2011 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Hombrados-Mendieta ◽  
Francisco Cosano-Rivas
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Workplace Support

This article analyses the effects of burnout in a sample of social workers from Malaga, Spain. The results obtained with the structural equations model confirm that burnout has a negative influence on workplace support, job satisfaction and life satisfaction and that workplace support has a positive influence on job satisfaction. Workplace support acts as mediator variable between burnout and job satisfaction and buffers the negative effects of burnout on job satisfaction and life satisfaction among social workers.

Measurement of Career Success: The Case of Rural to Urban Migrant Labourers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2016 ◽  
pp. 108-120
Author(s):  
Phuc Nguyen Van ◽  
Binh Quan Minh Quoc ◽  
Quyen Nguyen Le Hoang Thuy To
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Career Satisfaction ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Migrant Laborers ◽  
Urban Migrant ◽  
Subjective Career Success

Despite the rich literature on the antecedents of career success, the success criterion has generally been measured in a rather deficient manner. This study aims to operationalize and measure career success of rural to urban migrant laborers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by developing an integrated index. The Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) with a combination of both reflective and formative constructs is applied. Employing the primary data of 419 migrant laborers in a survey conducted in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2015, the hierarchical model confirms the statistically significant contribution of objective and subjective components to the career success index. Compared to objective career success, subjective career success has a stronger effect on the index. Five dimensions of career success are distinguished including: 1) job satisfaction, 2) career satisfaction, 3) life satisfaction, 4) other-referent criteria and 5) promotion. The first four and the final one are categorized as subjective career success and objective career success respectively. Among the four dimensions of subjective success, job satisfaction, career satisfaction and life satisfaction share lesser weights than success using otherreferent criteria in the model. This finding implies that other-referent criteria play an important role when people evaluate their career success. The index shall provide a general picture of the career success of rural to urban migrant laborers in Ho Chi Minh City and give an empirical result for further micro-research on career success determination.

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