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JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Volume 23, Issue 5, Pages 555-570Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/job.155
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This study tested three contrasting theories about the sequential process of the three dimensions of burnout (i.e., exhaustion, cynicism and professional efficacy) as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS). The causal order of the burnout components was investigated by including job stressors as antecedents of burnout in structural equation models (LISREL). The predictive effect of exhaustion on burnout dimensions eight years later was also investigated. The longitudinal models were then tested in two occupational subgroups. The participants were 713 Finnish employees (415 white-collar and 298 blue-collar workers) from an international industry enterprise. The best fitting model of the associations between the three burnout dimensions was obtained by a path model where exhaustion predicted cynicism, and cynicism in turn predicted lack of professional efficacy. The symptoms of exhaustion were persistent over time. There were no differences between the two occupational group, in the process of burnout. Also the work-related antecedents of burnout (job stressors) were very similar in both groups. Copyright (C) 2002 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.
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