Job Burnout (JB) is a demanding syndrome that leaves employees exhausted and dealing with cognitive and emotional problems, with symptoms lasting up to 10 years. To understand why JB symptoms...Show moreJob Burnout (JB) is a demanding syndrome that leaves employees exhausted and dealing with cognitive and emotional problems, with symptoms lasting up to 10 years. To understand why JB symptoms pertain for so long, different resource theories were integrated to investigate the impact of JB on an individual gain process between job resources, personal resources, and recovery gained through physical exercise. It was predicted that skill discretion (SD), a common job resource, increases the personal resource self-efficacy (SE) which, in turn, enhances the recovery gained from physical exercise. This gain process was proposed to be dampened by JB, leaving employees with higher JB symptoms in a less advantageous position for resource gain as compared to those with lower symptoms. Using longitudinal data across three workweeks, self-report questionnaires were administered among full-time employees (N = 163). Although correlations revealed that the proposed relationships were found at specific weeks, hierarchical regression analyses revealed no across-time relationships, meaning no weekly gain process could be identified between SD, SE, and recovery gained through exercise. In addition, against expectations, no negative impact of JB on the gain process was found. Thus, the exact relationships between job resources, personal resources, recovery gained through exercise, and JB remain unclear. Future research is needed to further investigate these relationships preferably by using a different time lag than one week and by applying different roles of personal resources within the Job Demands-Resources framework.Show less
Recent research has demonstrated that an overwhelming 97% of women between the ages of 18 and 24 have been sexually harassed, and many instances of sexual harassment are known to occur in the...Show moreRecent research has demonstrated that an overwhelming 97% of women between the ages of 18 and 24 have been sexually harassed, and many instances of sexual harassment are known to occur in the workplace. The current study investigated whether bystander non-intervention leads to worse psychological outcomes, such as increased work-stress and lower fundamental need fulfilment, for victims of workplace sexual harassment. A vignette-based survey was conducted with three conditions; no bystanders, active bystanders, and passive bystanders. Based on a review of related literature, it was hypothesised that participants assigned to the passive bystanders condition would report lower scores of fundamental need fulfilment, exhibit higher work-stress scores, and greater acceptance of sexual harassment myths. Data from 159 participants were analysed and it was found that participants who were assigned the passive bystanders condition did indeed report lower scores in the fundamental needs of belonging, self-esteem, and meaningful existence. However, the other hypotheses were not supported. Strengths, limitations, and future recommendations are discussed.Show less
This study researched the potential moderating role of mindset in the relationship between job crafting opportunities and both objective and subjective career success. An online survey was...Show moreThis study researched the potential moderating role of mindset in the relationship between job crafting opportunities and both objective and subjective career success. An online survey was distributed to employees in the UK (N = 189), in which these variables were assessed. An hierarchical regression analysis was performed and results showed that job crafting opportunities significantly predicted subjective (b = 1.02, p < .001) and objective career success (b = .21, p < .001). No significant evidence was found for the association between mindset and career success or for the moderating role of mindset. However, a negative significant interaction effect of cognitive crafting (i.e., one component of job crafting) and mindset on objective career success was found (b = -.03, p < .001). Future research could further assess the possible causal relationship between job crafting opportunities and career success to see whether interventions to enhance job crafting behavior in organizations would be profitable.Show less
