Browsing Research Output by Subject "burnout"
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Antecedents and outcomes of meaningful work among school teachers
(AOSIS, 2017)Orientation: Quality education is dependent on the well-being, engagement, performance and retention of teachers. Meaningful work might affect these employee and organisational outcomes. Research purpose: The aim of this ... -
Burnout and work engagement for different age groups: examining group-level differences and predictors
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)This study examined age-related differences of burnout and engagement levels among employees in the South African financial sector, including influences of perceived job characteristics and personal sense of coherence. ... -
Burnout and work engagement of academics in higher education institutions: effects of dispositional optimism
(Wiley, 2014)The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships among dispositional optimism, job demands and resources, burnout, work engagement, ill health and organizational commitment of South African academic staff in ... -
Burnout and work engagement of South African blue-collar workers: the development of a new scale
(Unisa, 2012)Research in South Africa on work-related well-being (specifically burnout and work engagement) has focused mainly on white-collar workers. Although blue-collar workers form a major part of the South African work force, no ... -
Cross–lagged associations between perceived external employability, job insecurity, and exhaustion: testing gain and loss spirals according to the conservation of resources theory
(Wiley, 2012)This study investigates perceived external employability (PEE) as a personal resource in relation to job insecurity and exhaustion. We advance the idea that PEE may reduce feelings of job insecurity and, through felt job ... -
Examining significant predictors of students' intention to drop out
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)The objective of this study was to determine if core self-evaluation traits, burnout, disengagement, social support and career decision making difficulties are significant predictors of university students’ intention to ... -
Fortigenic qualities of psychotherapists in practice
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)This brief report presents preliminary findings on the exploration of strengths (fortigenic) qualities of psychotherapists which can buffer them against compassion fatigue. Participants were seven South African psychologists ... -
Leisure-time physical activity and some psychological parameters among some executive employees in selected African countries
(Sabinet, 2013)Participation in leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) is vital to ensure adequate physical work capacity for the demands of daily living and job performance. Due to work demand, most top and middle level (executive) ... -
Psychometric evaluation of the Utrecth work engagement scale (UWES) and Oldenburg burnout inventory (OLBI) within a cement factory
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) and the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) within a cement factory. Respondents were 187 employees (males =168, females =19) from ... -
Qualities of work-related well-being in selected South African occupations
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)This study investigated the structure of work-related well-being in four occupational groups in South Africa. The participants were 4 006 employees, namely educators and administrative personnel (n = 2501), insurance ...