Sources of social support and burnout: A meta-analytic test of the conservation of resources model.
verifiedmedium profile · Journal of Applied Psychology · 2006
Halbesleben, Jonathon R. B.
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The Conservation of Resources (COR) model of burnout (Hobfoll & Freedy, 1993) suggests that resources are differentially related to burnout dimensions. In this paper, I provide a meta-analysis of the social support and burnout literature, finding that social support, as a resource, did not yield different relationships across the 3 burnout dimensions (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment), challenging the COR model. However, when considering the source of the social support (work vs. nonwork) as a moderator, I found that work-related sources of social support, because of their more direct relationship to work demands, were more closely associated with exhaustion than depersonalization or personal accomplishment; the opposite pattern was found with nonwork sources of support. I discuss the implications of this finding in relation to the COR model and suggest future research directions to clarify the relationship between resources and burnout dimensions.
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supports “…co-worker support can promote and transform into another resource, such as higher levels of needs satisfaction, and can also help employees cope with stressful situations by reinforcing positive aspects of their self-image, thus leading to lower levels of emotional exhaustion (Halbesleben, 2006).”
supports “A meta-analysis comparing different sub-dimensions of burnout revealed that social support in the workplace has a stronger negative association with exhaustion, whereas non-work support has a stronger negative association with depersonalization (Halbesleben, 2006).”
supports “…accomplishment (Maslach & Jackson, 1986), work-related sources of support, i.e., those coming from professional figures such as colleagues and superiors, because they directly affect job demand perception, strongly relate to the exhaustion dimension of burnout (Betoret, 2006; Halbesleben, 2006).”
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