Role of psychological empowerment in the reduction of burnout in Canadian healthcare workers

Jean‐Sébastien Boudrias, Alexandre J. S. Morin and Marie‐Michèle Brodeur

Nursing & Health Sciences, 2012, vol. 14, issue 1, 8-17

Abstract: In this study, we investigated the role of psychological empowerment as a protective factor for burnout among workers exposed to work‐related stressors (e.g. daily hassles, overload, job changes). A cross‐sectional questionnaire study was conducted, with a convenience sample of 401 healthcare workers. Hierarchical multiple regressions were performed to test main and moderating effects of empowerment cognitions. Results revealed partial support for the hypotheses. Only the job meaningfulness cognition exerts a beneficent main effect on all burnout symptoms beyond the effect of stressors. Some moderating effects differing according to burnout dimensions were also found. Most interestingly, high levels of empowerment cognitions accentuate the effect of change‐related resources in the reduction of emotional exhaustion. Because psychological empowerment has beneficial effects, organizations could rely on different strategies to enhance it.

Date: 2012
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00650.x

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wly:nuhsci:v:14:y:2012:i:1:p:8-17

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Nursing & Health Sciences from John Wiley & Sons
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Wiley Content Delivery ().