Effort-reward imbalance and burnout among humanitarian aid workers

Objectives: This study examined stress-related working conditions – defined in terms of effort-reward imbalance (ERI) – and its association with burnout among a large, international sample of humanitarian aid workers. Methods: Descriptive statistics were applied on crosssectional survey data (N=...

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Main Authors: Jachens, Liza, Houdmont, Jonathan, Thomas, Roslyn
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Published: Wiley 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44525/
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author Jachens, Liza
Houdmont, Jonathan
Thomas, Roslyn
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Houdmont, Jonathan
Thomas, Roslyn
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description Objectives: This study examined stress-related working conditions – defined in terms of effort-reward imbalance (ERI) – and its association with burnout among a large, international sample of humanitarian aid workers. Methods: Descriptive statistics were applied on crosssectional survey data (N=1,980) to profile ERI and burnout and Pearson’s χ 2 tests used to characterize associated socio- and occupational-demographic factors. Associations between ERI and burnout were established using binary logistic regression to generate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals adjusted for potential confounding variables. Results: For high emotional exhaustion, the prevalence rate was 36% for women and 27% for men; high depersonalisation, 9% and 10%; and low personal achievement, 47% and 31%. Intermediate and high ERI was associated with significantly increased odds of high emotional exhaustion, with mixed findings for depersonalisation and personal achievement. Conclusions: The ERI model was supported as a useful framework for investigating occupational correlates of burnout.
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spelling nottingham-445252020-05-04T19:40:33Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44525/ Effort-reward imbalance and burnout among humanitarian aid workers Jachens, Liza Houdmont, Jonathan Thomas, Roslyn Objectives: This study examined stress-related working conditions – defined in terms of effort-reward imbalance (ERI) – and its association with burnout among a large, international sample of humanitarian aid workers. Methods: Descriptive statistics were applied on crosssectional survey data (N=1,980) to profile ERI and burnout and Pearson’s χ 2 tests used to characterize associated socio- and occupational-demographic factors. Associations between ERI and burnout were established using binary logistic regression to generate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals adjusted for potential confounding variables. Results: For high emotional exhaustion, the prevalence rate was 36% for women and 27% for men; high depersonalisation, 9% and 10%; and low personal achievement, 47% and 31%. Intermediate and high ERI was associated with significantly increased odds of high emotional exhaustion, with mixed findings for depersonalisation and personal achievement. Conclusions: The ERI model was supported as a useful framework for investigating occupational correlates of burnout. Wiley 2018-06-12 Article PeerReviewed Jachens, Liza, Houdmont, Jonathan and Thomas, Roslyn (2018) Effort-reward imbalance and burnout among humanitarian aid workers. Disasters . ISSN 1467-7717 effort-reward imbalance burnout humanitarian aid worker https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/disa.12288 doi:10.1111/disa.12288 doi:10.1111/disa.12288
spellingShingle effort-reward imbalance
burnout
humanitarian aid worker
Jachens, Liza
Houdmont, Jonathan
Thomas, Roslyn
Effort-reward imbalance and burnout among humanitarian aid workers
title Effort-reward imbalance and burnout among humanitarian aid workers
title_full Effort-reward imbalance and burnout among humanitarian aid workers
title_fullStr Effort-reward imbalance and burnout among humanitarian aid workers
title_full_unstemmed Effort-reward imbalance and burnout among humanitarian aid workers
title_short Effort-reward imbalance and burnout among humanitarian aid workers
title_sort effort-reward imbalance and burnout among humanitarian aid workers
topic effort-reward imbalance
burnout
humanitarian aid worker
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