The Importance of Effective Organizational Socialization for Preventing Stress, Strain, and Early Career Burnout

An Intensive Longitudinal Study of New Professionals

Bibliographic Data

ID15488446
AuthorsElin Frögéli (Karolinska Institutet, corresponding author), Stefan Annell (0000-0002-5570-3833, Swedish Defence University), Ann Rudman (0000-0002-6388-5155, Dalarna University), Miguel Inzunza (0000-0001-9861-3144, Umeå University), Petter Gustavsson (0000-0001-9571-9349, Karolinska Institutet)
Year2022
Volume19
Issue12
Pages7356-7356
Publication date2022-06-15
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph19127356
PMID35742604
OpenAlexW4282974981
LanguageEN
References cited20

Burnout was originally conceptualized based on experiences of new professionals. Role clarity, task mastery, and social acceptance are recognized as key resources enabling new professionals' management of the challenges of the new profession. However, relations between these resources and stress, strain, and burnout have not yet been thoroughly investigated at professional entry. Increased understanding of these relations could have implications for strategies to prevent burnout. The aim of the study was to investigate within- and between-individual effects over the first months and relations to burnout at one-year post-entry. Data ( n = 322) was collected weekly over the first 13 weeks and again 9 months later. Relationships were modelled using a multilevel regression model and correlation analysis. Results showed that on weeks when participants experienced higher role clarity, task mastery, and social acceptance, they reported significantly less stress, and that participants who experienced higher levels of the resources in general, reported significantly less strain. Levels of the resources at three months were related to symptoms of burnout at 12 months. The study findings provide support of the role of task mastery, role clarity, and social acceptance as resources buffering the impact of demands at professional entry on experiences of stress, strain, and burnout

Burnout · Longitudinal study · Occupational stress · Socialization · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Stress and Burnout Research · Workplace Health and Well-being

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