TY - JOUR
T1 - Crossover of burnout
T2 - An experimental design
AU - Bakker, Arnold B.
AU - Westman, Mina
AU - Schaufeli, Wilmar B.
N1 - Funding Information:
Correspondence should be addressed to Arnold B. Bakker, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Institute of Psychology, Woudestein, T12-47, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected] This research was financially supported by Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) grant # 310014 ‘‘Burnout Contagion’’ to Arnold Bakker. We are grateful to Eva Demerouti for her helpful comments on an earlier draft of this article, and to Katharina Duijndam, Jan-Willem van Dijk, Petra Evers, Marjolein Klompe, Annemarie Knol, Yteke Kuipers, Carien Stuart, and Marnix Willems for their help with data collection.
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - Two studies tested the hypothesis that burnout may cross over from one person to another. In Study 1, teachers were randomly exposed to a bogus newspaper article in which a colleague expressed himself negatively about his work (burnout condition), or about a topic unrelated to work (control condition). The results showed that participants' burnout (exhaustion and depersonalization) was higher in the burnout condition compared to the control condition. In Study 2, soldiers were randomly exposed to a videotape of a burned-out or an engaged colleague who was either similar in profession and status (soldier), or who had a considerably higher status (squadron leader). The results were partly consistent with those of Study 1, and confirmed the crossover of burnout (cynicism and reduced professional efficacy). In line with predictions, a significant interaction effect for cynicism revealed that the crossover of burnout is moderated by similarity with the stimulus person.
AB - Two studies tested the hypothesis that burnout may cross over from one person to another. In Study 1, teachers were randomly exposed to a bogus newspaper article in which a colleague expressed himself negatively about his work (burnout condition), or about a topic unrelated to work (control condition). The results showed that participants' burnout (exhaustion and depersonalization) was higher in the burnout condition compared to the control condition. In Study 2, soldiers were randomly exposed to a videotape of a burned-out or an engaged colleague who was either similar in profession and status (soldier), or who had a considerably higher status (squadron leader). The results were partly consistent with those of Study 1, and confirmed the crossover of burnout (cynicism and reduced professional efficacy). In line with predictions, a significant interaction effect for cynicism revealed that the crossover of burnout is moderated by similarity with the stimulus person.
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U2 - 10.1080/13594320701218288
DO - 10.1080/13594320701218288
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AN - SCOPUS:34250623256
SN - 1359-432X
VL - 16
SP - 220
EP - 239
JO - European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
JF - European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
IS - 2
ER -