Nonnis, M.; Agus, M.; Corona, F.; Aru, N.; Urban, A.; Cortese, C.G. The Role of Fulfilment and Disillusion in the Relationship between Burnout and Career Satisfaction in Italian Healthcare Workers. Sustainability2024, 16, 893.
Nonnis, M.; Agus, M.; Corona, F.; Aru, N.; Urban, A.; Cortese, C.G. The Role of Fulfilment and Disillusion in the Relationship between Burnout and Career Satisfaction in Italian Healthcare Workers. Sustainability 2024, 16, 893.
Nonnis, M.; Agus, M.; Corona, F.; Aru, N.; Urban, A.; Cortese, C.G. The Role of Fulfilment and Disillusion in the Relationship between Burnout and Career Satisfaction in Italian Healthcare Workers. Sustainability2024, 16, 893.
Nonnis, M.; Agus, M.; Corona, F.; Aru, N.; Urban, A.; Cortese, C.G. The Role of Fulfilment and Disillusion in the Relationship between Burnout and Career Satisfaction in Italian Healthcare Workers. Sustainability 2024, 16, 893.
Abstract
Healthcare workers' stress, burnout, and job dissatisfaction were exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, whose mid-term negative effects are still present. The aim of this study was to investigate in healthcare workers the effect of the dimensions of burnout (Psychophysical exhaustion, Relational deterioration, and Professional inefficacy) on Career satisfaction. These relationships were evaluated by considering the direct and mediated effects of Disillusion. For these purposes, the Link Burnout Questionnaire (LBQ) and the Career Satisfaction Scale (Occupational Stress Indicator - OSI) were administered to 295 healthcare professionals working at three Italian public hospitals in Cagliari, Italy. The analyses were conducted using the Partial Least Square Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) method. Findings highlight that healthcare workers were in a condition of work distress, high risk of burnout, and career dissatisfaction. Also recognized was the direct negative effect of burnout dimensions on career satisfaction. Finally, the mediated negative effect of Disillusion in the relationship between burnout and career satisfaction was identified. This study emphasizes the relevance of the dimension of Disillusion, and its “bright side” Fulfilment, in healthcare workers, specifically referring to the disregarded relationship between burnout and career satisfaction.
Keywords
career satisfaction; professional fulfilment; work-related stress; disillusion; burnout; work engagement; sustainable career; organizational well-being; healthcare workers; JD-R Theory; Covid-19
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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