Organizational Drivers of Burnout and Work Engagement: A Multilevel Study in Portuguese Firefighter Brigades

Susana Llorens, Marisa Salanova, María José Chambel, Pedro Torrente and Rui P. Ângelo
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Susana Llorens: WANT Research Team, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castelló de la Plana, Spain
Marisa Salanova: WANT Research Team, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castelló de la Plana, Spain
María José Chambel: CICPSI, Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, 16499-013 Lisboa, Portugal
Pedro Torrente: WANT Research Team, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castelló de la Plana, Spain
Rui P. Ângelo: CICPSI, Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, 16499-013 Lisboa, Portugal

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 7, 1-16

Abstract: In this study, we analyzed how organization-level demands and organizational-level social support relate to the core dimensions of burnout and work engagement, controlling for individual resources (i.e., proactive coping) and demands (i.e., acute demands) using the Job Demands-Resources Theory. In a sample of 1487 Portuguese firefighters nested within 70 fire brigades, hierarchical linear modeling indicated that: (1) proactive coping was related to lower burnout and higher work engagement, whereas acute demands were related to higher burnout and lower work engagement (for vigor only); (2) proactive coping moderated the relationship between acute demands and vigor; and (3) unexpectedly, social support from colleagues was not related to firefighters’ well-being, whereas organization-level demands were related to higher burnout and lower work engagement. These results suggest the need to implement practices and policies to guarantee the relevant conditions for improving the well-being of firefighters, to develop coping strategies in a proactive way, and finally, to enhance support from colleagues.

Keywords: job demands; proactive coping; social support; burnout; work engagement (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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