Abstract. Background and aim: The study aims at identifying the antecedents and consequences of emotional exhaustion in health professionals and, particularly, examining the process that leads from a hindrance demand, like role ambiguity, to exhaustion and job satisfaction. Emotional exhaustion is a phenomenon that affect health professionals with negative consequence on job satisfaction, and literature has underlined that job demands could be may be a cause of this chronic stress. However, the relationship among job demands, work engagement and exhaustion has produced results not always converging. Method: A self-report questionnaire was administered to 66 health professionals. Results: The results showed that the effect of role ambiguity on emotional exhaustion was mediated by work engagement and the emotional exhaustion impairs job satisfaction when workers are not committed to their profession. Conclusions: Role ambiguity represents a psychosocial risk factor that influence workers’ wellbeing diminishing the level of motivation and this process leads to emotional exhaustion. However, professional commitment appears to be a resource that can protect professionals preventing a decrease in satisfaction. These findings suggest that human resource management should remove hindrance stressors and enhance the mission of Healthcare Professionals in order to increase employees’ work engagement and prevent exhaustion.

Emotional exhaustion among healthcare professionals: the effects of role ambiguity, work engagement and professional commitment / Panari, Chiara; Caricati, Luca; Pelosi, Annalisa; Rossi, MARIA CHIARA. - In: ACTA BIOMEDICA. - ISSN 2531-6745. - 90:6(2019), pp. 60-67. [10.23750/abm.v90i6-S.8481]

Emotional exhaustion among healthcare professionals: the effects of role ambiguity, work engagement and professional commitment

Chiara Panari
;
Luca Caricati
;
Annalisa Pelosi
;
ROSSI, MARIA CHIARA
2019-01-01

Abstract

Abstract. Background and aim: The study aims at identifying the antecedents and consequences of emotional exhaustion in health professionals and, particularly, examining the process that leads from a hindrance demand, like role ambiguity, to exhaustion and job satisfaction. Emotional exhaustion is a phenomenon that affect health professionals with negative consequence on job satisfaction, and literature has underlined that job demands could be may be a cause of this chronic stress. However, the relationship among job demands, work engagement and exhaustion has produced results not always converging. Method: A self-report questionnaire was administered to 66 health professionals. Results: The results showed that the effect of role ambiguity on emotional exhaustion was mediated by work engagement and the emotional exhaustion impairs job satisfaction when workers are not committed to their profession. Conclusions: Role ambiguity represents a psychosocial risk factor that influence workers’ wellbeing diminishing the level of motivation and this process leads to emotional exhaustion. However, professional commitment appears to be a resource that can protect professionals preventing a decrease in satisfaction. These findings suggest that human resource management should remove hindrance stressors and enhance the mission of Healthcare Professionals in order to increase employees’ work engagement and prevent exhaustion.
2019
Emotional exhaustion among healthcare professionals: the effects of role ambiguity, work engagement and professional commitment / Panari, Chiara; Caricati, Luca; Pelosi, Annalisa; Rossi, MARIA CHIARA. - In: ACTA BIOMEDICA. - ISSN 2531-6745. - 90:6(2019), pp. 60-67. [10.23750/abm.v90i6-S.8481]
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