The Importance of Effective Organizational Socialization for Preventing Stress, Strain, and Early Career Burnout: An Intensive Longitudinal Study of New Professionals

Elin Frögéli, Stefan Annell, Ann Rudman, Miguel Inzunza and Petter Gustavsson
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Elin Frögéli: Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
Stefan Annell: Department of Leadership and Command & Control, Swedish Defence University, 11428 Stockholm, Sweden
Ann Rudman: Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
Miguel Inzunza: Police Education and Research Unit, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
Petter Gustavsson: Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 12, 1-11

Abstract: Burnout was originally conceptualized based on experiences of new professionals. Role clarity, task mastery, and social acceptance are recognized as key resources enabling new professionals’ management of the challenges of the new profession. However, relations between these resources and stress, strain, and burnout have not yet been thoroughly investigated at professional entry. Increased understanding of these relations could have implications for strategies to prevent burnout. The aim of the study was to investigate within- and between-individual effects over the first months and relations to burnout at one-year post-entry. Data ( n = 322) was collected weekly over the first 13 weeks and again 9 months later. Relationships were modelled using a multilevel regression model and correlation analysis. Results showed that on weeks when participants experienced higher role clarity, task mastery, and social acceptance, they reported significantly less stress, and that participants who experienced higher levels of the resources in general, reported significantly less strain. Levels of the resources at three months were related to symptoms of burnout at 12 months. The study findings provide support of the role of task mastery, role clarity, and social acceptance as resources buffering the impact of demands at professional entry on experiences of stress, strain, and burnout.

Keywords: burnout; intensive longitudinal design; JD-R; new professionals; onboarding; organizational socialization; strain; stress; transition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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