The Burnout Syndrome among Women Working in the Retail Network in Associations with Psychosocial Work Environment Factors

Gintarė Kalinienė, Dalia Lukšienė, Rūta Ustinavičienė, Lina Škėmienė and Vidmantas Januškevičius
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Gintarė Kalinienė: Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Public Health Faculty, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-47181 Kaunas, Lithuania
Dalia Lukšienė: Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Public Health Faculty, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-47181 Kaunas, Lithuania
Rūta Ustinavičienė: Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Public Health Faculty, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-47181 Kaunas, Lithuania
Lina Škėmienė: Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Public Health Faculty, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-47181 Kaunas, Lithuania
Vidmantas Januškevičius: Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Public Health Faculty, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-47181 Kaunas, Lithuania

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 11, 1-11

Abstract: The burnout syndrome is a significant occupational health problem in various employees’ populations. The aim of this study was to evaluate burnout level among retail network workers and its associations with psychosocial work environment. The cross-sectional epidemiological study was conducted on workers of one Lithuanian retail network ( n = 254), where all respondents were women. In order to assess their occupational stress and burnout, two instruments were used: HSE management standards work-related stress indicator tool and Copenhagen burnout inventory (CBI). The statistical analysis showed high prevalence of burnout—the frequency of personal, work-related and client-related burnout was 53.5%, 66.5% and 55.5% respectively. The Spearman’s correlation analysis revealed that job demands, control manager’s support, coworkers’ support and relationships significantly associated with all burnout subscales. The multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the independent associations between HSE indicators and burnout subscales. The multivariate logistic regression model revealed that job demands and manager’s support were significant factors for all burnout dimensions. In conclusion, in order to reduce occupational burnout among employees working in retail companies, it would be useful for occupational interventions to focus on workload reduction and optimization, and for the human resources management strategy to focus on maintaining this.

Keywords: burnout; psychosocial work environment; retail workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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