Gender differences in burnout: A meta-analysis

Purvanova, Radostina K.; Muros, John P.

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2010.04.006

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“…Research has produced mixed results regarding the role of gender on professional quality of life. In a recent meta-analysis, women exhibit more burnout than men, which was not found in the present study (Purvanova and Muros, 2010), but other studies failed to find such differences (Stamm, 2010). Results for nurses in particular also seem to suggest more burnout (specifically emotional exhaustion) in women (Innstrand et al, 2011).…”

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The role of psychological factors in oncology nurses' burnout and compassion fatigue symptoms

Duarte

Pinto‐Gouveia

2017

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

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Purpose: This study explored the role of several psychological factors in professional quality of life in nurses. Specifically, we tried to clarify the relationships between several dimensions of empathy, self-compassion, and psychological inflexibility, and positive (compassion satisfaction) and negative (burnout and compassion fatigue)domains of professional quality of life.Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, a convenience sample of 221 oncology nurses recruited from several public hospitals filled out a battery of self-report measures.Results: Results suggested that nurses that benefit more from their work of helping and assisting others (compassion satisfaction) seem to have more empathic feelings and sensibility towards others in distress and make an effort to see things from others' perspective. Also, they are less disturbed by negative feelings associated with seeing others' suffering and are more self-compassionate. Nurses more prone to experience the negative consequences associated with care-providing (burnout and compassion fatigue) are more self-judgmental and have more psychological inflexibility. In addition, they experience more personal feelings of distress when seeing others in suffering and less feelings of empathy and sensibility to others' suffering. Psychological factors explained 26% of compassion satisfaction, 29% of burnout and 18% of compassion fatigue.Conclusion: We discuss the results in terms of the importance of taking into account the role of these psychological factors in oncology nurses' professional quality of life, and of designing nursing education training and interventions aimed at targeting such factors.Keywords: empathy; self-compassion; psychological (in)flexibility; burnout; compassion fatigue; compassion satisfaction; oncology nursing. *AbstractHighlights -Nurses' empathy and self-compassion predicted satisfaction with the work of helping; -Personal distress predicted burnout symptoms; -Psychological inflexibility predicted burnout and compassion fatigue; -Psychological factors are important to understand nurses' professional quality of life. Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, a convenience sample of 221 oncology nurses recruited from several public hospitals filled out a battery of self-report measures.Results: Results suggested that nurses that benefit more from their work of helping and assisting others (compassion satisfaction) seem to have more empathic feelings and sensibility towards others in distress and make an effort to see things from others' perspective. Also, they are less disturbed by negative feelings associated with seeing others' suffering and are more self-compassionate. Nurses more prone to experience the negative consequences associated with care-providing (burnout and compassion fatigue) are more self-judgmental and have more psychological inflexibility. In addition, they experience more personal feelings of distress when seeing others in suffering and less feelings of empathy and sensibility to others' suffering. Psychological fa...

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Section: Professional Quality Of Life and Socio-demographic Variablescontrasting

confidence: 72%

The role of psychological factors in oncology nurses' burnout and compassion fatigue symptoms

Duarte

Pinto‐Gouveia

2017

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

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109

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“…The extant literature suggests that there are gender differences in well-being and stress (Schmaus et al, 2008). Men and women also tend to have different coping strategies in dealing with burnout (Purvanova & Muros, 2010). In the Chinese context, Huang & Gamble (2015) found that some key determinants of job satisfaction are gendered.…”

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“…Consistent with gender role theory (Eagly, 1987), Chinese women may be more likely to express and vent their emotional feelings than men because it is generally considered appropriate for women to display their emotions while men are expected to shut off and withdraw under stress. Through the gender socialization process, women learn how to handle emotional and interpersonal demands because such skills are central to the socially proscribed female gender role (Purvanova & Muros, 2010). Accordingly, we propose the following hypotheses:…”

Section: A Gender Perspective On Resilience and Employees' Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While available research has often touched upon gender, few studies have focussed specifically on women's work and careers (Cooke & Xiao, 2014), or gender and well-being (Huang & Gamble, 2015). While existing research indicates different coping strategies between male and female workers when faced with stress and burnout (Purvanova & Muros, 2010), there is limited research on job-related factors affecting the well-being of employees working in the retail sector. This paper seeks to address the aforementioned gaps.…”

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“…Firstly, it contributes to nascent literature that links stress and well-being to resilience by enriching the job demandsresources model with a gender perspective. The literature indicates male-female differences in well-being, for example, in stress (Schmaus, Laubmeier, Boquiren, Herzer, & Zakowski, 2008), and burnout, and accordingly in different coping mechanisms (Purvanova & Muros, 2010), and different determinants of job satisfaction (Huang & Gamble, 2015). Lack of clarity on the nature of gender differences in the face of such phenomena may generate ungrounded speculation that (mis)informs organisational decisions (Purvanova & Muros, 2010) and HRM policy.…”

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Job demands–resources: a gender perspective on employee well-being and resilience in retail stores in China

Huang

Xing

Gamble

2016

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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Organisational resilience can be promoted through human resource management practices that enhance individual employees' well-being and ability to cope with adversity. However, the extant literature tends to neglect the influence of gender on employee well-being and resilience. Shopfloor employees in retail stores often undertake demanding roles, characterised by considerable pressure and low pay, and attendant high levels of employee turnover. Drawing on the job demands-resources model, by analysing data collected from 697 employees at foreign-invested retail stores in China, this paper found that workload and employee participation in decision-making had a similar impact on the well-being of both male and female employees. However, the impact of job security and emotional demands on employees differed by gender. This paper extends the job demands-resources model by articulating the influence of gender on employee well-being. Additionally, its empirical insights, drawn from an emerging economy context, enable a contribution to the literature on employee well-being and resilience. Relevant implications for human resource management and resilience are discussed.

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Mitigating Burnout Through Protected Nonclinical Time

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Han²

2020

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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To the Editor I am writing to compliment Fancy et al 1 on their article addressing complications, mortality, and functional decline in patients aged 80 years or older undergoing major head and neck ablation and reconstruction. This article addressed a void in the literature that has a significant effect on perioperative surgical planning and patient and caregiver counseling. In agreement with a growing body of surgical literature, the authors found that the old old are a vulnerable surgical population with more than half having serious postoperative complications: the 90-day mortality and loss of independence rates were 8% and 11%, respectively. They confirmed that age per se was not sufficient to explain these outcomes; rather frailty-a common geriatric syndrome 2 -was associated with a higher risk of complications.Similarly, JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery deserves recognition for publishing clinical investigations aimed at improving outcomes in those 80 years or older. I do, however, wish to bring to the journal's and its readership's attention the importance of specifically addressing cognitive function and delirium in the geriatric population, perioperatively. Delirium, for example, complicates postoperative recovery in up to 50% of older adults and costs the US health care system well over $164 billion annually. 3 Thus, delirium is as important as any medical complication, and data specifically addressing this risk would go a long way toward the goal of prevention and better counseling the patient and/or caregivers. The article by Fancy et al 1 does not directly address cognitive function/delirium and lacks sufficient detail to determine if postoperative cognitive changes and delirium were considered serious complications-one of the main study outcome measures.Otolaryngology and head and neck surgery have been slow to catch up with other surgical specialties in generating practice-specific data guiding the care of the elderly surgical patient. Badly needed is a set of standards that our investigators can use to guide the design of their geriatric-related studies and journals may employ to help improve the effect of submitted articles. Until that time, I encourage your journal, as well as other leading otolaryngology journals, to include otolaryngologists with geriatric-specific training on their editorial staffs and reviewer pools to help maximize the benefits of wellintentioned research reports that aim to improve quality of care in a growing segment of our population.

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Gender differences in burnout: A meta-analysis

Cited by 754 publications

References 232 publications

The role of psychological factors in oncology nurses' burnout and compassion fatigue symptoms

The role of psychological factors in oncology nurses' burnout and compassion fatigue symptoms

Job demands–resources: a gender perspective on employee well-being and resilience in retail stores in China

Mitigating Burnout Through Protected Nonclinical Time

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