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ArticleEpidemiology and health2026

Association of work-time control with burnout and turnover intention: a cross-sectional analysis of a general working population in Korea.

Hye-Eun Lee, Seong-Sik Cho, Mo-Yeol Kang

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Hye-Eun LeeDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
Seong-Sik ChoDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
Mo-Yeol KangDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. snaptoon@naver.com.

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objectivesFor employees, work-time control (WTC) may protect against burnout and turnover. However, evidence from Korean workplaces is limited. This study aimed to examine whether WTC is associated with burnout and turnover intention and to test whether burnout mediates this relationship.

methodsWe analyzed data from 4,745 wage workers in the 2024 wave of the Korean Work, Sleep, and Health Study. WTC was assessed across 6 domains, burnout was measured using the Korean Burnout Syndrome Scale, and turnover intention was assessed using a validated 4-item scale. Logistic regression was used to estimate the associations of WTC quartile with burnout and turnover intention, and mediation analysis was used to decompose the association between WTC and turnover intention through burnout.

resultsAmong 4,745 workers, the prevalence of burnout was 3.9% and turnover intention was 34.5%; both increased stepwise across lower WTC quartiles. In adjusted models, workers in the lowest WTC quartile had higher odds of burnout (odds ratio [OR], 3.95; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.41 to 6.47) and turnover intention (OR, 2.24; 95% CI, 1.85 to 2.71) than those in the highest quartile. Mediation analysis showed that burnout explained 36.6% (95% CI, 22.3 to 51.0) of the association between WTC and turnover intention.

conclusionsLower WTC was linked to higher burnout and turnover intention, with burnout explaining more than one-third of this relationship.

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Burnout, ProfessionalPersonnel TurnoverWork Schedule ToleranceAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansIntentionMaleMiddle AgedRepublic of KoreaWorking ConditionsBurnout, professionalOccupational healthOccupational stressPersonnel turnover

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