Thuiswerken en burn-outklachten: De rol van autonomie, werkdruk en leidinggevenden [Work-from-home and burnout symptoms: The role of autonomy, workload, and supervisors]
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The COVID-19 pandemic suddenly confronted many with an increased frequency of working from home. Employees as well as employers had to learn how to deal with more job autonomy. This study examined the relationship between work-from-home intensity and burnout symptoms for 5,316 employees in the Netherlands between December 2019 and December 2020. We also investigated to what extent autonomy and workload both mediated the relationship between working-from-home-work intensity burn-out symptoms and the extent to which supervisor support moderated the relationships between autonomy and workload, on the one hand, and burnout symptoms, on the other. Results based on the NEA-COVID-19 panel data show that the effect of work-from-home intensity on burnout symptoms primarily runs through the mediators of autonomy and workload. A higher level of perceived supervisor support can serve as a buffer when employees experience increased work demands that are associated with elevated levels of burnout symptoms. Our findings provide starting points for the design and monitoring of work-from-home policies.
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986867
Source
Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken, 39(2), pp. 193-218.
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193-218