Professional Self-Efficacy as a Predictor of Burnout and Engagement: The Role of Challenge and Hindrance Demands

2014/04/03 by Mercedes Ventura, Mercedes Ventura Campos, Marisa Salanova +1 · 213 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Psychology · #Applied psychology #Burnout #Clinical psychology #Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior #Perception #Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies #Psychology #Psychosocial #Psychotherapist #Self-efficacy #Social cognitive theory #Social psychology #Social support #Structural equation modeling #Technostress in Professional Settings

paper · doi:10.1080/00223980.2013.876380

published in The Journal of Psychology 149(3), 277-302 (Taylor & Francis)

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Abstract

The objective of the current study is to analyze the role of professional self-efficacy as a predictor of psychosocial well-being (i.e., burnout and engagement) following the Social Cognitive Theory of Albert Bandura (1997). Structural Equation Modeling was performed in a sample of secondary school teachers (n = 460) and users of Information and Communication Technology (n = 596). Results show empirical support for the predicting role that professional self-efficacy plays in the perception of challenge (i.e., mental overload) and hindrance demands (i.e., role conflict, lack of control, and lack of social support), which are in turn related to burnout (i.e., erosion process) and engagement (i.e., motivational process). Specifically, employees with more professional self-efficacy will perceive more challenge demands and fewer hindrance demands, and this will in turn relate to more engagement and less burnout. A multi-group analysis showed that the research model was invariant across both samples. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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