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Workload and burnout in nurses
Author(s) -
Greenglass Esther R.,
Burke Ronald J.,
Fiksenbaum Lisa
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of community and applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1099-1298
pISSN - 1052-9284
DOI - 10.1002/casp.614
Subject(s) - cynicism , workload , somatization , burnout , emotional exhaustion , restructuring , psychology , structural equation modeling , nursing , social psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , anxiety , psychiatry , management , political science , statistics , mathematics , politics , law , economics
This paper examines the relationship between workload, burnout and somatization in nurses. The respondents consisted of 1363 nurses employed in hospitals, which were undergoing extensive restructuring. Results of structural equation analyses showed that workload was positively related to emotional exhaustion. Emotional exhaustion led to cynicism and somatization, and cynicism was negatively related to nurses' professional efficacy. Implications of the results for nursing practice are discussed. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.