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Work–family interference as a mediator between job demands and job burnout among doctors
Author(s) -
Montgomery Anthony J.,
Panagopolou Efharis,
Benos Alexis
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
stress and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1532-2998
pISSN - 1532-3005
DOI - 10.1002/smi.1104
Subject(s) - depersonalization , emotional exhaustion , burnout , psychology , work–family conflict , social psychology , occupational burnout , job satisfaction , work (physics) , clinical psychology , mechanical engineering , engineering
There is an increasing realization that the connections between work and family life are of critical importance in contemporary society. The present study examined the relationship between job demands and burnout, and the mediational role of work–family interference (WFI) in a sample of Greek doctors ( N = 162). The main findings are: (1) emotional job demands were found to be a strong independent predictor of both emotional exhaustion and depersonalization; (2) quantitative job demands were found to predict emotional exhaustion; (3) WFI was found to partially mediate the relationship between both quantitative/emotional job demands and emotional exhaustion; (4) additionally, WFI partially mediated the relationship between emotional job demands and depersonalization. The results and limitations are discussed with reference to the medical profession. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.