Open AccessAcademic Deans: Perceptions of Effort-Reward Imbalance, Over-Commitment, Hardiness, and Burnout
Author(s) -
Kenneth M. Coll,
Spencer G. Niles,
Kathryn A. Coll,
Charles P. Ruch,
Roger A. Stewart
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1927-6052
pISSN - 1927-6044
DOI - 10.5430/ijhe.v8n4p124
Subject(s) - burnout , hardiness (plants) , stressor , psychology , scale (ratio) , psychological resilience , perception , social psychology , applied psychology , clinical psychology , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , horticulture , cultivar , biology
This study explored challenges and stressors facing academic deans within higher education. The study analyzed, via step-wise multiple regression, the degree to which current challenges and related stress were associated with the well-being measures of effort-reward imbalance and over-commitment as measured by the Effort/Reward Imbalance scale (ERI); hardiness, as measured by the Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS); and aspects of burnout, as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Results indicated that the stress related to certain challenges (e.g., balancing financial resources, creating a clear vision, promoting change) have particularly powerful influences on aspects of work well-being. Implications and recommendations are included.