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Journal article

Job Burnout and Employee Engagement: A Meta-Analytic Examination of Construct Proliferation

Authors list: Cole, Michael S.; Walter, Frank; Bedeian, Arthur G.; O'Boyle, Ernest H.

Publication year: 2012

Pages: 1550-1581

Journal: Journal of Management

Volume number: 38

Issue number: 5

ISSN: 0149-2063

eISSN: 1557-1211

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206311415252

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Abstract:
Drawing on 50 unique samples (from 37 studies), the authors used meta-analytical techniques to assess the extent to which job burnout and employee engagement are independent and useful constructs. The authors found that (a) dimension-level correlations between burnout and engagement are high, (b) burnout and engagement dimensions exhibit a similar pattern of association with correlates, and (c) controlling for burnout in meta-regression equations substantively reduced the effect sizes associated with engagement. These findings suggest that doubts about the functional distinctiveness of the dimensions underlying burnout and engagement cannot be dismissed as pure speculation.

Authors/Editors

- Uni.-Prof. Dr. Frank Heiko Walter

Citation Styles

Harvard Citation style: Cole, M., Walter, F., Bedeian, A. and O'Boyle, E. (2012) Job Burnout and Employee Engagement: A Meta-Analytic Examination of Construct Proliferation, Journal of Management, 38(5), pp. 1550-1581. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206311415252

APA Citation style: Cole, M., Walter, F., Bedeian, A., & O'Boyle, E. (2012). Job Burnout and Employee Engagement: A Meta-Analytic Examination of Construct Proliferation. Journal of Management. 38(5), 1550-1581. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206311415252