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Structural equation modelling analysis on relationships of job demands and resources with work engagement, burnout and work ability: an observational study among physicians in Dutch hospitals.
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- Work Ability in the Digital Age: The Role of Work Engagement, Job Resources and Traditional and Emerging Job Demands Among Older White-Collar Workers.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Bidirectional relationship between burnout and perceived work ability: Evidence from a two-wave study among teachers.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Article
- Need for Recovery and Work-Family Conflict in the Armed Forces: A Latent Profile Analysis of Job Demands and Resources.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Individual Work Attitudes and Work Ability.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- The Associated Factors of Work Engagement, Work Overload, Work Satisfaction, and Emotional Exhaustion and Their Effect on Healthcare Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- The effect of job and personal demands and resources on healthcare workers' wellbeing: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Association of work ability with job burnout and sleep quality among biosafety laboratory personnel in Xinjiang, China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Digitalization in Urology-A Multimethod Study of the Relationships between Physicians' Technostress, Burnout, Work Engagement and Job Satisfaction.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Changes in work conditions and well-being among healthcare professionals in long-term care settings in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study.Human resources for health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate to what extent work engagement mediates the relationships of job resources with work ability, and to what extent burnout mediates the relationships of job demands and resources with work ability.
designMulticentre observational study.
settingAcademic and non-academic hospitals in the Netherlands.
participantsPhysicians (n=385) participated in this study. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: We measured work ability with selected items from the validated Questionnaire of Experience and Evaluation of Work 2.0 (QEEW V.2.0), work engagement with the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale and burnout with the exhaustion subscale of the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory. The job demand 'workload' and job resources 'development opportunities', 'participation in decision-making', 'inspirational leadership' and 'relationships with colleagues' were measured using the QEEW V.2.0. The job demand 'bureaucratic burden' was measured with the Three Item Red Tape scale. A structural equation model was built to answer our research question.
resultsWork engagement mediated relationships of job resources with physicians' work ability, and burnout mediated relationships of job resources and demands with work ability. Development opportunities (β=0.39, SE=0.12, p<0.001), participation in decision-making (β=0.18, SE=0.08, p=0.028) and relationships with colleagues (β=0.19, SE=0.19, p=0.002) were positively related to work engagement. Development opportunities (β=-0.20, SE=0.08, p=0.004) were negatively related and workload (β=0.51, SE=0.19, p<0.001) was positively related to burnout. Work engagement (β=0.22, SE=0.04, p<0.001) was positively related and burnout (β=-0.56, SE=0.06, p<0.001) was negatively related to work ability.
conclusionsPhysicians' work engagement and burnout mediated the relationships of various job demands and resources with their work ability. More work-engaged and less burned-out physicians reported better work ability. Hospitals may attenuate excessive workloads and facilitate development opportunities, participation in decision-making and good collegial relationships to enhance physicians' occupational well-being and performance.
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