Quality of Working Life, Psychosocial Factors, Burnout Syndrome and Emotional Intelligence

Eloísa Guerrero-Barona, Mónica Guerrero-Molina, Andrés García-Gómez, Juan Manuel Moreno-Manso and María Elena García-Baamonde
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Eloísa Guerrero-Barona: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Mónica Guerrero-Molina: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Andrés García-Gómez: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Juan Manuel Moreno-Manso: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
María Elena García-Baamonde: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 24, 1-15

Abstract: The objective of this work is to study the quality of working life associated to psychosocial factors and risks, burnout syndrome and emotional intelligence, as well as being able to detect predictors of the said syndrome. The sample consisted of 311 professionals working in direct contact with an intellectual disability from 15 associations of Extremadura (Spain). The Spanish version of the CESQT questionnaire was administered to evaluate burnout syndrome, the Wong & Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) was used to evaluate emotional intelligence, while the UNIPSICO Battery was used to evaluate the psychosocial factors of demands (work–family conflict and psychosomatic problems) and resources, such as social support and work satisfaction. The results indicate average values of burnout, revealing that work satisfaction, emotional intelligence, and social support are related to burnout syndrome. In addition, there are also positive correlations between psychosomatic symptoms and work–family conflict. Satisfaction at work, social support, and emotional intelligence (intrapersonal and interpersonal perception, use and regulation of emotions) predict burnout syndrome. What is more, the psychosomatic symptoms and work–family conflict explain, respectively, 17% and 17.9% of their variance. Thus, there is a need to develop intervention programs that encourage social support and the conciliation of family life, as well as training skills related to emotional intelligence, such as communication and conflict resolution.

Keywords: quality of working life; burnout syndrome; emotional intelligence; psychosomatic symptoms; social support; conciliation of work and family life; satisfaction at work; professionals attending persons with intellectual disabilities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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