Monica Martinussen, Per-Christian Borgen, Astrid Marie Richardsen Aims: This article describes a study examining predictors of burnout and engagement, including job demands, job resources and Type A behaviour, in a sample of Norwegian physiotherapists (N = 244). Methods: This study measured demographic and work characteristics, job demands, job resources, burnout, work engagement and type A behaviour for all members of the sample. Findings: Both job demands and resources predicted burnout and engagement, and after controlling for these factors, Type A behaviour patterns accounted for additional variance in both burnout and engagement. Finally, Type A behaviour (Achievement Strivings and Impatience-Irritability) moderated several of the predictor-burnout relationships. Conclusions: These findings support the need for studying personality traits in addition to work related factors when predicting both positive and negative work related emotions such as burnout and engagement.

This article analyzes how two development traits in the regulatory requirements for Working Environment (WE) activities – an expansion of scope and a decentralization of responsibility – are understood and handled over time by actors responsible for WE activities in Norwegian hospitals. The expanded scope of WE activities is studied based on the requirements outlined in The Working Environment Act, public health science theory, and the WE challenges in hospitals. The decentralized responsibility for WE activities is studied based on Internal Control (IC) reform and other hospital reforms inspired by New Public Management (NPM). The final section of the article discusses the effects of the two development traits, and how these enlarge the line manager’s area of responsibility. The article is based on a qualitative, longitudinal study conducted in three Norwegian hospitals in 1998-1999 and 2013.

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