The Role of Psychological Capital and the Areas of Worklife Model in Predicting Job Burnout

<p>Job burnout is a widely spread global phenomenon that has been linked to negative work outcomes. Various factors can either contribute to or hinder job burnout development. Previous research established the role of the six areas of worklife model as well as psychological capital on job burnout. However, the relationship among these variables has not been clearly defined. The purpose of the present study was to attempt to understand predictors of job burnout in order to reduce its occurrence. Data was collected with a sample of college students. Four areas of worklife (workload, control, reward, and values) as well as three dimensions of psychological capital (hope, optimism, and resiliency) were predictive of job burnout. In addition, the negative effect of person-job mismatch in areas of worklife on job burnout was weaker when psychological capital was high as opposed to low. Finally, the study examined the mediating role of areas of worklife in relationship between psychological capital and job burnout, but failed to find any effect. Our findings underline the importance of fostering psychological capital in the workplace as well as ensuring congruence between individuals' person-job fit through areas of worklife, and specifically through workload, control, reward and values, in order to decrease job burnout occurrence. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor dc:publisher

Eastern Kentucky University

Year

2017

Author dc:creator

• Oles, Sylwia K

• areas of worklife
• job burnout
• psychological capital
• Human Resources Management
• Personality and Social Contexts

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2017 Sylwia K. Oles

Repository record dc:identifier

https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/460

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:encompass.eku.edu:etd-1458