Dispositional causes of burnout, satisfaction, and performance through the fear of COVID‐19 during times of pandemic

Raja, Usman; Jahanzeb, Sadia; Malik, Muhammad Abdur Rahman; Baig, Muhammad Usman Anwar

doi:10.1111/apps.12417

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“…Second, a positive association existed between COVID‐19‐related fear and increased workplace stress, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalization symptoms. An increase in these symptoms can lead to heightened COVID‐19‐related fear (Raja et al., 2022). Our findings agree with a study of Chen and Meier (2021) that indicated a positive relationship between high burnout levels and increased likelihood of experiencing mental health issues.…”

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Relationship between fear of COVID‐19 and mental health of Chinese nurses: The mediating effects of psychological capital and burnout

Liu,

Li,

Zhou

et al. 2024

Nursing Open

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AimThe aim of the study was to investigate the correlation between fear of COVID‐19 and mental health of nurses and the effects of psychological capital and burnout in this relation.DesignA cross‐sectional study.MethodsThe online surveys were conducted among mainland Chinese nurses. Participants (n = 445; average age 32.89 ± 6.76 years) completed an online‐questionnaire based on the Fear of COVID‐19 Scale, the Psychological Capital Scale, Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services Survey for Medical Professionals Scale and the 12‐Item Short Form Health Survey. Data analysis was conducted by Pearson's correlation analysis, Harman single‐factor test and the bootstrap method for mediating effect testing.Results(1) The study demonstrated a significant direct effect of fear of COVID‐19 on nurses' mental health, as well as on mediating factors such as burnout and psychological capital. (2) Regression analyses confirmed that while psychological capital bolstered mental health, burnout undermined it, with fear of COVID‐19 further imposing a negative influence. (3) Fear of COVID‐19 exerted an effect on the mental health of nurses by the independent and chain intermediary functions of psychological capital and burnout, resulting in a total mediating effect of −0.233.

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Relationship between fear of COVID‐19 and mental health of Chinese nurses: The mediating effects of psychological capital and burnout

Liu,

Li,

Zhou

et al. 2024

Nursing Open

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“…Despite the fact that teachers had to use technology more often in the beginning of the pandemic, which may have resulted in more technostress, the current study found an initial positive effect of the pandemic on emotional exhaustion and no effect on personal accomplishment. Furthermore, multiple studies found a positive relationship between COVID-19 fear and burnout ( 54 – 56 ). Since teachers were among the first to return to work in person, it would have been interesting to take this factor into account.…”

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on risk of burn-out syndrome and recovery need among secondary school teachers in Flanders: A prospective study

Laet

Verhavert

Martelaer

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools were closed, teachers had to teach from home and after a while, they had to return to the classroom while the pandemic was still on-going. Even before the pandemic, teachers were already more at risk for burn-out syndrome compared to the general population. Furthermore, not much research pertaining to this population has been carried out during the pandemic and so the impact of the pandemic on teachers' risk of burn-out syndrome and recovery need remains unclear. The aim of the current study was to fill this knowledge gap and map out the impact on risk of burn-out syndrome and recovery need at different time points during the pandemic.Methods and findingsAt baseline, 2,167 secondary school teachers in Flanders were included in this prospective study. Questionnaire data were obtained at ten different time points between September 2019 and August 2021. To assess risk of burn-out syndrome and its dimensions, the Utrecht Burn-out Scale for Teachers was administered. Need for recovery was assessed using questions adopted from the Short Inventory to Monitor Psychosocial Hazards. The results revealed an initial positive effect of the first lockdown (Mar/Apr 2020) with a decrease in risk of burn-out syndrome [Odds ratio (OR) Jan/Feb 2020–Mar/Apr 2020 = 0.33, p < 0.001], emotional exhaustion (EMM Jan/Feb 2020–Mar/Apr 2020 = −0.51, p < 0.001), depersonalization (EMM Jan/Feb 2020–Mar/Apr 2020 = −0.13, p < 0.001) and recovery need [Estimated marginal mean (EMM) Jan/Feb 2020–Mar/Apr 2020 = −0.79, p < 0.001]. No significant effect on personal accomplishment was found (p = 0.410). However, as the pandemic went on, higher risk of burn-out syndrome, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and recovery need, and lower personal accomplishment were observed.ConclusionsDespite the initial positive impact on risk of burn-out syndrome, its dimensions and recovery need, a negative long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic became visible. This study highlights once again the importance for interventions to reduce teachers' risk of burn-out syndrome, especially in such difficult times as a pandemic.

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“…Such research could explicitly test the COR-based argument that emotionally exhausted employees, suffering pandemic fears, adopt a lateness attitude to safeguard their energy bases (Hobfoll et al, 2018). Yet another avenue would be to investigate sequential mediation models, to consider how employees' dispositional characteristics (Raja et al, 2023) or family responsibilities (Woodbridge et al, 2021) may influence their lateness attitude through pandemic fears and then emotional exhaustion.…”

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How employee pandemic fears may escalate into a lateness attitude, and how a safe organizational climate can mitigate this challenge

De Clercq,

Aboramadan,

Kundi

2023

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PurposeThis study aims to understand how and when employees' pandemic fears influence their lateness attitude, with a particular focus on how this influence is mediated by emotional exhaustion and moderated by a perceived safety climate.Design/methodology/approachSurvey data were collected among employees in the retail sector.FindingsA core mechanism that explains the escalation of pandemic fears into beliefs that tardiness is acceptable is employees' sense that employees are emotionally overextended by work. The extent to which employees perceive that their organization prioritizes safety issues subdues this detrimental process though.Practical implicationsFor human resource management (HRM) practice, the findings point to the notable danger that employees who cannot stop ruminating about an external crisis, and feel emotionally overburdened as a result, might compromise their own organizational standing by devoting less effort to punctuality. To disrupt this dynamic, HR managers can create organizational climates that emphasize safety practices.Originality/valueThis study adds to HRM research by revealing a pertinent source of personal adversity, pandemic fears, and how the fears affects tendencies to embrace tardiness at work. The study explicates how emotional exhaustion functions as a core conduit that connects this resource-draining condition with propensities to show up late, as well as how safety climate perceptions can buffer this translation.

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Dispositional causes of burnout, satisfaction, and performance through the fear of COVID‐19 during times of pandemic

Cited by 19 publications

References 101 publications

Relationship between fear of COVID‐19 and mental health of Chinese nurses: The mediating effects of psychological capital and burnout

Relationship between fear of COVID‐19 and mental health of Chinese nurses: The mediating effects of psychological capital and burnout

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on risk of burn-out syndrome and recovery need among secondary school teachers in Flanders: A prospective study

How employee pandemic fears may escalate into a lateness attitude, and how a safe organizational climate can mitigate this challenge

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