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Components of Burnout, Resources, and Gender‐Related Differences 1
Author(s) -
Greenglass Esther R.,
Burke Ronald J.,
Konarski Roman
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1998.tb01669.x
Subject(s) - burnout , depersonalization , psychology , lisrel , emotional exhaustion , structural equation modeling , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , social psychology , perspective (graphical) , social support , occupational burnout , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science
The present study examined gender‐related differences in the ways social support and coping contribute to burnout, as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Specific hypotheses were made regarding relationships between antecedent conditions and MBI subscales, including emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of personal accomplishment. Respondents were teachers, and data from 2 waves (1 year apart) were examined. Using LISREL structural equation analyses, results were that in women, co‐worker support led to lower emotional exhaustion, and in men, supervisor and co‐worker support led to higher personal accomplishment. Higher levels of internal control were associated with greater accomplishment in men only. Results were discussed from a gender role perspective.