ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2025
From burnout to engagement: enhancing the wellbeing and performance of conservationists.
Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore how job characteristics relate to multiple dimensions of work performance in conservation professionals, with burnout and work engagement as mediating factors. A global sample of 561 conservation professionals across 98 countries completed an online survey. Using the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model and structural equation modelling, we found that participants with more frequent access to job resources (e.g., autonomy in work methods, social support at work, and availability of useful information), reported higher levels of work engagement. In turn, greater work engagement, characterised by vigour, dedication and absorption, was associated with increased task performance (e.g., working efficiently, managing time effectively) and contextual performance (e.g., taking initiative, creative problem-solving). Contrary to previous research in other sectors, job demands did not show a direct relationship to burnout in this conservation sample. However, higher burnout was linked to lower task performance. Moreover, burnout mediated the relationship between job resources and task performance: greater job resources were associated with lower levels of burnout, which in turn was associated with higher task performance. Our findings underscore the importance for both individual professionals and conservation organisations to enhance job resources and work engagement, given their positive relationships with multiple work performance indicators. These results may guide efforts to identify which perceived job characteristics are most likely to enhance performance, either directly or indirectly, through increased work engagement or reduced burnout. Furthermore, when organisations observe a decline across various performance indicators, this may signal a need to strengthen support for staff wellbeing and motivation. This study is the first to quantitatively examine relationships between job characteristics and multiple dimensions of work performance in a global sample of conservation professionals, highlighting the JD-R model's relevance to conservation.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.