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Whereas burnout refers to a state of exhaustion and cynicism toward work, engagement is defined as a positive motivational state of vigor, dedication, and absorption. In this article, we discuss the main definitions and conceptualizations of both concepts used in the literature. In addition, we review the most important antecedents of burnout and work engagement by examining situational and individual predictors. We also review the possible consequences of burnout and engagement and integrate the research findings using job demands– resources theory. Although both burnout and work engagement are related to important job-related outcomes, burnout seems to be more strongly related to health outcomes, whereas work engagement is more strongly related to motivational outcomes. We discuss daily and momentary fluctuations in burnout and work engagement as possibilities for future research.
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Burnout and Work
Engagement: The JDR
Approach
Arnold B. Bakker,
1,2
Evangelia Demerouti,
3
and
Ana Isabel Sanz-Vergel
4
1
Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam,
3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands; email: bakker@fsw.eur.nl
2
Department of Applied Psychology, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, New Territories,
Hong Kong
3
Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University
of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
4
Biological and Health Psychology Department, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid,
Madrid 28049, Spain
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Abstract
Whereas burnout refers to a state of exhaustion and cynicism toward
work, engagement is defined as a positive motivational state of vigor,
dedication, and absorption. In this article, we discuss the main defini-
tions and conceptualizations of both concepts used in the literature.
In addition, we review the most important antecedents of burnout
and work engagement by examining situational and individual pre-
dictors. We also review the possible consequences of burnout and
engagement and integrate the research findings using job demands
resources theory. Although both burnout and work engagement are
related to important job-related outcomes, burnout seems to be more
strongly related to health outcomes, whereas work engagement is
more strongly related to motivational outcomes. We discuss daily and
momentary fluctuations in burnout and work engagement as possi-
bilities for future research.
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INTRODUCTION
The central aim of this article is to provide a critical review of two core concepts in the field of
organizational psychology and organizational behavior: burnout and work engagement. First, we
discuss the main definitions and conceptualizations of both concepts used in the literature. Second,
we review the most important antecedents and consequences of burnout and work engagement.
Third, we use job demandsresources theory to integrate the research findings. Finally, we discuss
future research directions. Our intention is to reflect on the past, the present, and the future of
burnout and work engagement.
THE CONCEPT OF BURNOUT
The term burnout was first coined in the 1970s by Freudenberger to describe the gradual emo-
tional depletion and loss of motivation he observed among people who had volunteered to work
for aid organizations in New York. The volunteers had worked with great dedication and en-
thusiasm for several months prior to the onset of these symptoms (Längle 2003). On the basis of his
observations, Freudenberger (1974) defined burnout as a state of mental and physical exhaustion
caused by ones professional life,and he referred to the extinction of motivation or incentive,
especially where ones devotion to a cause or relationship fails to produce the desired results.
Thus, individuals who burn out from their work deplete their energetic resources and lose their
dedication to work.
During the same time period, Maslach and colleagues interviewed human-services workers
in California to find out how they were coping with client-related stressors (Maslach & Jackson
1981). The human-services workers used the term burnout and indicated that they experienced
feelings of exhaustion, had developed negative attitudes toward their clients, and often felt that
they lacked the professional competence needed to help their clients (Schaufeli et al. 2009b). On
the basis of the interviews, Maslach and Jackson defined burnout as a syndrome characterized
by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of personal accomplishment. Emotional
exhaustion refers to feelings of being emotionally drained by ones contact with other people,
and it is the central strain dimension of burnout. Depersonalization refers to a negative or
excessively detached response toward these people, who are the recipients of ones service or
care. Finally, reduced personal accomplishment refers to a decline in onesfeelingsofcom-
petence and successful achievement at work (see also Maslach & Jackson 1984, Maslach &
Leiter 2008).
Originally, scholars assumed that burnout was a response to chronic emotional and inter-
personal stressors at work (Etzion 1984, Maslach et al. 2001). Although research has confirmed
that burnout is a slow process of progressive loss of energy and enthusiasm (Kant et al. 2004,
Leiter & Maslach 2006), the idea that burnout is exclusively found in the human-services sector was
rejected, and researchers have adapted the first conceptualizations of burnout to make it applicable
to workers in various occupations. For instance, in the Maslach Burnout InventoryGeneral
Survey (MBI-GS), Schaufeli et al. (1996) replaced the depersonalization component with cynicism,
which reflects a distant attitude toward work in general and not necessarily toward other people.
Furthermore, the authors replaced the concept of reduced personal accomplishment with reduced
professional efficacy, referring to social and nonsocial aspects of occupational accomplish-
ments. Other scholars have developed alternative measures to assess burnout, most notably the
Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI; Demerouti et al. 2003, Demerouti et al. 2010) and the
Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure (SMBM; Shirom & Melamed 2006). Whereas the OLBI
assesses the dimensions of exhaustion and disengagement, the SMBM assesses the dimensions
of physical fatigue and cognitive weariness.
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THE CONCEPT OF ENGAGEMENT
Kahn (1990) introduced the concept of engagement, conceptualizing it as the harnessing of
organization membersselves to their work roles; in engagement, people employ and express
themselves physically, cognitively, and emotionally during role performances(p. 694). Thus,
engaged employees put a great deal of effort into their work because they identify with it.
According to Kahn (1990, 1992), a dynamic, dialectical relationship exists between the person
who drives personal energies (physical, cognitive, emotional, and mental) into his or her work role,
on one hand, and the work role that allows this person to express him- or herself, on the other.
Interestingly, it is research on burnout that has stimulated most contemporary research on
work engagement (Bakker et al. 2008a). Unlike those who suffer from burnout, engaged em-
ployees have a sense of energetic and effective connection with their work, and they look upon their
work as challenging, as opposed to stressful and demanding. Two different but related schools of
thought exist that consider work engagement as a positive, work-related state of well-being or
fulfillment. According to Maslach & Leiter (1997), engagement is characterized by energy, in-
volvement, and efficacy, the direct opposites of the three burnout dimensions. These authors argue
that, in the case of burnout, energy turns into exhaustion, involvement into cynicism, and efficacy
into ineffectiveness. By implication, engagement is assessed by the opposite pattern of scores on
the three dimensions of the MBI-GS: low scores on exhaustion and cynicism and high scores on
professional efficacy.
The alternative view considers work engagement to be an independent, distinct concept that is
negatively related to burnout. Consequently, work engagement is defined and operationalized in
its own right as a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind that is characterized by vigor,
dedication, and absorption(Schaufeli et al. 2002, p. 74). That is, in engagement, fulfillment exists
in contrast to the voids of life that leave people feeling empty as in burnout. Vigor is characterized
by high levels of energy and mental resilience while working, the willingness to invest effort in ones
work, and persistence even in the face of difficulties. Dedication refers to being strongly involved
in ones work and experiencing a sense of significance, enthusiasm, and challenge. Absorption
is characterized by being fully concentrated and happily engrossed in ones work, whereby time
passes quickly. Accordingly, vigor and dedication are considered direct opposites of exhaustion
and cynicism, respectively, the two core symptoms of burnout. The continuum that is spanned by
exhaustion and vigor has been labeled energy, whereas the continuum that is spanned by cynicism
and dedication has been labeled identification (González-Romá et al. 2006).
Thus, work engagement is characterized by a high level of energy and strong identification with
ones work, whereas burnout is characterized by the opposite: a low level of energy and poor
identification with ones work (see also Demerouti et al. 2010). In addition, based on in-depth
interviews (Schaufeli et al. 2001), absorption was included as the third constituting aspect of work
engagement.
ANTECEDENTS
As burnout and work engagement may have important consequences for individual employees
and organizations at large, many studies have focused on the antecedents of both concepts. Which
working conditions should be targeted to prevent burnout and foster work engagement? Why are
some individuals more prone to burnout or engagement than others? Which job resources buffer
the impact of job demands on burnout, and which resources foster work engagement? Tradi-
tionally, scholars have classified the antecedents of burnout and work engagement in two general
categories: situational factors (e.g., work overload, job autonomy) and individual factors (e.g.,
neuroticism, self-efficacy) (Bakker & Demerouti 2008, Maslach et al. 2001).
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Antecedents of Burnout
Situational factors. Lee & Ashforths (1996) meta-analysis showed that job demands were more
important predictors of burnout than were (lack of) job resources. Job demands are aspects of the
job that require sustained physical, emotional, or cognitive effort (Demerouti et al. 2001). It is
therefore not surprising that job demands are associated with physiological (elevated blood
pressure, increased hormonal activity, increased heart rate) and psychological costs (e.g., fatigue,
psychological need thwarting). After prolonged exposure to high job demands, employees may
become chronically exhausted and distance themselves psychologically from their work. In other
words, they may start to experience burnout (Bakker et al. 2000).
Lee & Ashforth (1996) found that particular job demands were predictive of burnout (ex-
haustion and depersonalization). The most important job demands were role ambiguity, role
conflict, role stress, stressful events, workload, and work pressure. Although their meta-analysis
was restricted to human-services providers (e.g., teachers, nurses, counselors, police officers, and
social workers), the data also included the supervisors and managers of the service providers. The
authors argued that job demands are perceived as losses because meeting such demands requires
the investment of valued resources(p. 129). A more recent meta-analysis by Alarcon (2011)
confirmed the crucial role that job demands play in the prediction of burnout. Using between 37
and 86 different samples from all types of occupations (thus not limited to human services), he
found that role conflict, workload, and role ambiguity were important predictors of burnout,
particularly of exhaustion and cynicism.
Job resources are those physical, psychological, social, or organizational aspects of the job
that help to either achieve work goals, reduce job demands and the associated physiological
and psychological costs, or stimulate personal growth, learning, and development (Bakker &
Demerouti 2007). Research over the past decade has shown that job resources are less strongly
related to burnout than job demands are. Nevertheless, job resources have a consistent negative
relationship with burnout, particularly with the cynicism component. Thus, when workers have
insufficient opportunities for development, do not receive regular feedback, and cannot work on
a variety of tasks, they report higher levels of cynicism.
Furthermore, job resources qualify the relationship between job demands and burnout. Bakker
et al. (2005a), in their study among employees of a large institute for higher education, found that
the combination of high demands and low job resources significantly added to the prediction of
burnout (exhaustion and cynicism). Specifically, they found that work overload, emotional de-
mands, physical demands, and workhome interference did not result in high levels of burnout if
employees experienced autonomy, received feedback, had social support, or had a high-quality
relationship with their supervisors. Psychologically speaking, different processes may have been
responsible for these interaction effects. For example, autonomy may have helped in coping with
job demands because employees could decide for themselves when to respond to their demands,
whereas high-quality relationships with supervisors may have buffered the impact of job demands
because employees received instrumental help and emotional support (see also Xanthopoulou et al.
2007). Taken together, these findings indicate that job resources prevent the development of negative
attitudes and play a buffering role in the relationship between job demands and burnout.
Individual factors. Individual factors refer to individual differences or personal characteristics
that are relatively stable over situations and time. Although the current literature indicates the
possibility that stressful aspects of the work environment are more important predictors of
burnout than is personality, it is important for researchers to consider individual variation (Pick &
Leiter 1991). Indeed, quite a few studies have indicated the possibility that personality plays an
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important role in the development of burnout. Schaufeli & Enzmann (1998) counted more than
100 burnout studies in the literature that included one or two constructs from a long list of lower-
level personality variables. Examples of these personality variables are hardiness, locus of control,
type A behavior, self-esteem, and achievement motivation.
Alarcon et al. (2009) have argued that personality may influence burnout through the impact
of both the perceived and the objective nature of ones work environment. First, personality
may predispose employees to perceive their work environments favorably regardless of the ob-
jective nature of their work (Brunborg 2008). For example, whereas individuals with low emotional
stability may view a high workload or a complex work assignment as threatening, individuals with
high emotional stability may view the same job demands as challenges. In addition, personality
may influence the objective nature of ones work environment (Judge et al. 2000). Because of their
ability to easily adapt, those who are emotionally stable and extraverted may self-select into enriched
job environments. By contrast, neurotic or introverted employees may feel stressed by challenging
jobs and thus pursue routine work (Alarcon et al. 2009). A third possibility is that certain per-
sonalities are better able than others to cope with their job demands. For example, extraverts may
be better able to cope with emotionally challenging situations, because they seek out social stim-
ulation and opportunities to engage with others.
The meta-analysis of Alarcon and colleagues (2009) shows that personality is indeed reliably
related to burnout. More specifically, the authors found that four of the Big Five factorsnamely,
emotional stability, extraversion, conscientiousness, and agreeablenessare consistently nega-
tively related to each of the three dimensions of burnout. The exception is openness to experience,
which was positively related only to personal accomplishment. Emotional stability was the most
important predictor of exhaustion and depersonalization, whereas extraversion was the most
important predictor of personal accomplishment.
Furthermore, Alarcon et al. (2009) found evidence for a relationship between lower-order
personality factors and burnout. Specifically, they found that self-esteem, self-efficacy, locus of
control, positive affectivity, negative affectivity, optimism, proactive personality, and hardiness
each had a significant relationship with burnout. This indicates that more malleable individual
differences also play a role in the development of burnout. People with favorable scores on these
individual factors believe they have control over their (work) environment and can therefore
deal better with their job demands.
Antecedents of Engagement
Situational factors. Whereas job demands are the most important predictors of burnout, job re-
sources are the most important predictors of work engagement (Halbesleben 2010, Schaufeli &
Bakker 2004). As elucidated before, job resources are those aspects of the job that help to achieve
work goals, reduce job demands, or stimulate personal growth. Examples of job resources are
social support from colleagues, supervisory coaching, and performance feedback (Schaufeli &
Bakker 2004). Interestingly, although Schaufeli & Bakker (2004) also included job demands in
their study, job resources were the exclusive predictors of work engagement. The effects of job
resources on engagement have also been found in longitudinal research: Mauno et al. (2007) in
a study among Finnish health care personnel found that those employees with a higher level of job
control in 2003 reported higher levels of vigor, dedication, and absorption in 2005.
A recent meta-analysis by Christian et al. (2011) confirmed that job resources are the most
important predictors of employee work engagement. The job resources found to predict work
engagement were task variety, task significance, autonomy, feedback, social support from col-
leagues, a high-quality relationship with the supervisor, and transformational leadership. These
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job resources correlated more strongly with engagement than did job demands such as physi-
cal demands, work conditions (health hazards, temperature, and noise), and job complexity.
Moreover, for two job resourcesautonomy and social supportthe authors found meta-
analytic evidence for a positive lagged effect and for daily within-person effects. These meta-
analytic findings echo those of Halbesleben (2010), who also found that job resources were
positively related to work engagement. Although job demands were significantly negatively related
to engagement, the relationship of job resources with engagement was much stronger than the
relationship of job demands with engagement. Thus, resources contribute to work engagement
over time and also from day to day.
Hakanen et al. (2005) investigated how the combination of high job demands and high job
resources impacted work engagement in a sample of Finnish dentists. It was hypothesized that
job resources (e.g., variability in the required professional skills, peer contacts) would be most
beneficial in maintaining work engagement under conditions of high job demands (e.g., heavy
workload, unfavorable physical environment). The dentists were split into two random groups in
order to cross-validate the findings. A set of hierarchical regression analyses resulted in 17 out of 40
significant interactions (40%), showing, for example, that variability in professional skills boosted
work engagement when qualitative workload was high, and mitigated the negative effect of
qualitative workload on work engagement.
Bakker et al. (2007) reported conceptually similar findings in their study among Finnish
teachers working in elementary, secondary, and vocational schools. They found that job resources
acted as buffers and diminished the negative relationship between pupil misbehavior and work
engagement. In addition, they found that job resources influenced work engagement especially
when teachers were confronted with high levels of pupil misconduct. Supervisor support, in-
novativeness, appreciation, and organizational climate were particularly important job resources
that helped teachers cope with demanding interactions with students. Thus, resources contribute
to work engagement in interaction with high job demands as well. These effects have been found
within time, over time, and also from day to day.
Individual factors. Personality may play an important role in work engagement (Albrecht 2010,
Macey & Schneider 2008), because individuals with a specific personality profile may be better
able to mobilize their job resources than individuals with a different profile are. For example,
extraverts show positive emotions, a high frequency and intensity of personal interactions, and
a high need for stimulation. In addition, extraversion is generally associated with a tendency to be
optimistic (Costa & McCrae 1992). These characteristics may be particularly helpful for mo-
bilizing social support from colleagues and the supervisor and for asking for performance
feedback. In addition, extravertstendency to reappraise problems positively may help them to
perceive job demands as challenges.
In their recent review of the literature regarding the link between individual factors and work
engagement, Mäkikangas et al. (2013) showed that of the Big Five factors, emotional stability,
extraversion, and conscientiousness were consistently related to higher work engagement. In
addition, several studies found a positive relationship between the lower-order individual factors
(also called personal resources; Xanthopoulou et al. 2007, 2009a) of self-efficacy, optimism, and
self-esteem, on one hand, and work engagement, on the other. Moreover, other studies found
evidence for a positive relationship between (a) core self-evaluations, positive affect, and sense of
coherence and (b) engagement.
Mäkikangas and colleagues (2013) argue that individuals with high self-efficacy, optimism,
and high emotional stability have a particular way of dealing with reality: Such people tend to
interpret their environment basically as benign. For example, they expect things to go well, they
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accept setbacks and failures as normal, and not as indicative of their own lack of worthiness, and
they tend to see life as something that can be influenced and acted upon(p. 134) (see also Semmer
& Meier 2009, p. 108). This suggests that individual differences determine whether the objective
work situation will have an impact on work engagement.
In general, the findings of Mäkikangas et al. (2013) are consistent with and expand two
previous meta-analyses that included only a few individual factors. The meta-analysis of
Halbesleben (2010) indicated that in addition to job resources, optimism and self-efficacy were
positively related to work engagement. Christian et al. (2011) showed that conscientiousness,
positive affect, and proactive personality were all positively related to engagement. Proactive
personality refers to the dispositional tendency to engage in proactive behavior in a variety of
situations (Bateman & Crant 1993). Individuals with a proactive personality are inclined to
intentionally change their circumstances, including their physical environment (Buss 1987). They
identify opportunities, take action, and persevere until they bring about meaningful change
(Crant 1995).
Bakker et al. (2012b) investigated the mechanism explaining the relationship between
proactive personality and work engagement. They argued and showed that employees with
a proactive personality were most likely to craft their jobssuch employees increased their job
resources (asked for feedback and support, increased their opportunities for development) and
their job challenges (looked for new tasks, volunteered for projects). This job crafting, in turn,
led to higher levels of engagement. Thus, people who tend to change their environment are
able to adjust their work demands and mobilize their job resources; these resources facilitate
employeesengagement in their jobs. Taken together, the empirical evidence suggests that both
higher-order individual factors (i.e., emotional stability, extraversion, conscientiousness, and
proactive personality) and lower-order individual factors (i.e., self-efficacy, optimism, and self-
esteem) are positively related to work engagement.
CONSEQUENCES
When we think of burnout, what usually causes alarm is the wide range of associated negative
consequences. As burnout is a syndrome of chronic exhaustion and negative attitudes toward
work, it can be expected that burnout influences peoples functioning in the workplace in an
unfavorable way. As noted by Maslach et al. (2001), the significance of burnout lies in its link to
important outcomes. By contrast, we expect engagement to be positively related with job per-
formance and organizational outcomes. What are the most important consequences of burnout
and engagement? Is engagement a better predictor of performance than burnout? We answer
these questions in the next sections.
Consequences of Burnout
Health-related outcomes. Research has shown that employees who are chronically fatigued and
cynical about their work report more psychological and physical health problems (Schaufeli &
Enzmann 1998, Shirom et al. 2005). Concerning psychological health problems, Ahola (2007)
used a nationally representative sample of the Finnish working population including more than
3,000 employees. Burnout was related to an increased prevalence of depressive and anxiety
disorders and alcohol dependence among male and female employees. Similarly, in their study
among medical residents, Hillhouse et al. (2000) found that patient-related exhaustion predicted
mood disturbance over a period of one year.
More recent research has provided additional evidence for a link between burnout and psy-
chological health problems. In their three-wave, seven-year prospective study of almost 2,000
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Finnish dentists, Hakanen & Schaufeli (2012) found that burnout predicted depressive symptoms
and life dissatisfaction from Time 1 to Time 2 and from Time 2 to Time 3. Similarly, Toker & Biron
(2012) conducted a three-wave longitudinal study among more than 1,500 employees. Latent dif-
ference score modeling indicated that an increase in burnout from Time 1 to Time 2 predicted an
increase in depression from Time 2 to Time 3, and vice versa. In addition, physical activity at-
tenuated these effects in a doseresponse manner, so that the increase in burnout and depression
was strongest among employees who did not engage in physical activity and weakest among those
engaging in high levels of physical activity.
Furthermore, in a large study among more than 3,500 Swedish health-care workers,
Peterson and colleagues (2008) found that burned-out employees could be discriminated from
non-burned-out employees (exhausted, disengaged, and healthy groups of employees) using
a range of health indicatorsnamely, self-perceived health, depression, anxiety, sleep dis-
turbance, memory impairment, and neck pain. Overall, there was an increase in severity over
the four groups in self-rated health, anxiety, and depression, in the following order (from
lowest to highest): nonburned out, disengaged, exhausted, and burned out. This pattern of
findings suggests that health impairment may be most strongly related to the exhaustion com-
ponent of burnout.
Research has also demonstrated that burnout leads to poor physical health and increased
sickness absence. Kim et al. (2011) conducted a study among social workers who were surveyed
annually over a three-year period. Social workers with higher initial levels of burnout later
reported more physical health complaints, including sleep disturbances, headaches, respiratory
infections, and gastrointestinal infections. Higher levels of burnout led to a faster rate of de-
terioration in physical health over a one-year period. In addition, burnout increases the risk of
musculoskeletal problems among apparently healthy employees (Armon et al. 2010). The burnout
syndrome has also been found to be an independent risk factor for infections (e.g., common cold;
Mohren et al. 2003) and type 2 diabetes (Melamed et al. 2003).
Moreover, in a longitudinal study among Dutch male employees who took part in a medical
examination, self-reported exhaustion predicted physician-diagnosed myocardial infarctions
in a four-year follow-up (Appels & Schouten 1991). Consistent with these findings, in her
population-based study of Finnish employees, Ahola (2007) found that burnout was related to
musculoskeletal disorders among women and to cardiovascular diseases among menafter
controlling for sociodemographic factors, physical strenuousness of work, health behavior, and
depressive symptoms. Finally, Ahola et al. (2010) followed a population of more than 7,000
employees during 10 years. During these years, a total of 199 employees younger than 45 died.
A one-unit increase in the standardized burnout sum score (measured with MBI-GS) was related
to a 35% increase in the risk of all-cause mortality.
Job-related outcomes. One crucial outcome of burnout is job performance. Wright & Bonett
(1997), who tested the relationship between the three dimensions of burnout and work perfor-
mance over a three-year period, were among the first authors who found empirical support for the
relationship between burnout and performance. They found that emotional exhaustion predicted
subsequent work performance, whereas depersonalization and personal accomplishment showed
nonsignificant relationships. Bakker & Heuven (2006) analyzed the relationship between burnout
(composed of exhaustion and cynicism) and in-role performance. They conducted two studies with
samples of nurses and police officers and found that the relationship between burnout and in-role
performance was negative and significant in both samples. An important issue when analyzing job
outcomes is that most studies are based on self-reports. This increases the risk of common-method
variance bias.
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In order to avoid inflated associations between concepts, Taris (2006) examined whether
burnout was related to objective performance (as reported by the supervisor, colleague, or client/
customer). To that end, he reviewed data from 16 studies, including meta-analytic correlations
when the number of studies allowed it. The clearest pattern was found for the dimension of
exhaustion, showing high correlations with in-role performance in most of the studies. However,
results concerning depersonalization and personal accomplishment were more complex, showing
inconsistent patterns across the studies. Bakker et al. (2008b) examined the relationship between
burnout and objective team performance, in terms of objective sales, and found that those
employees who received support from their colleagues were less cynical, which in turn led to better
financial results.
There is also evidence for the relationship between burnout and absenteeism, as demon-
strated by Schaufeli et al. (2009a) in a longitudinal survey. Specifically, burnout predicted future
absence duration but not absence frequency. Further, an increase of burnout is positively related
to an increase in sickness absence days per year (Borritz et al. 2006). It is therefore not surprising
that burnout increases the risk of medically certified absences episodes (more than three days)
(Toppinen-Tanner et al. 2005). The exhaustion dimension was found to predict long-term sickness
(90 days or more) at any occasion during the 44 months of follow-up in a study among more than
6,000 employees working in a county council area in Sweden (Peterson et al. 2011).
Consequences of Engagement
Motivational outcomes. Some studies have linked work engagement to better health, including
healthy cardiac autonomic activity (Seppälä et al. 2012). One possible reason for a positive link
between engagement and health is that engaged workers are more inclined to engage in leisure-time
activities that foster relaxation and psychological detachment from work, including sports and
exercise, social activities, and hobbies (Sonnentag et al. 2012, Ten Brummelhuis & Bakker2012).
However, most studies have focused on motivational outcomes of engagement (see also
Albrecht 2010).
The research evidence suggests that engaged employees experience more active, positive
emotions than do nonengaged employees. For example, Schaufeli & Van Rhenen (2006) found
that engaged managers felt more inspired, energetic, cheerful, and enthusiastic than nonengaged
managers did. Using a daily-diary design, Rodríguez-Muñoz et al. (2014) found that employees
and their intimate partners at home were happier on the days the employees experienced high work
engagement. Consistent with broaden-and-build theory (Fredrickson 2001), engaged workers
seem to be more open to new experiences. As a result, they tend to explore their environments,
becoming more creative. Indeed, Bakker & Xanthopoulou (2013) found that female school
principals with higher levels of work engagement were rated by their teachers as more creative.
Engaged workers are also receptive to discovering novel lines of thought or action, which may
result in higher active learning behavior and proactive behavior. As demonstrated by Bakker et al.
(2012a), work engagement is positively related to active learning, particularly for employees high
in conscientiousness. Thus, engaged employees are most willing to learn new things when they are
also well organized, careful, and hardworking. Further, employees who are dedicated and en-
thusiastic about their jobs are more likely to engage in proactive behaviors to keep those positive
work situations and further improve them (Sonnentag 2003). Specifically, in her diary study,
Sonnentag (2003) found that daily work engagement was a significant predictor of daily personal
initiative and daily pursuit of learning. Hakanen et al. (2008) went one step further by dem-
onstrating a reciprocal, positive relationship between work engagement and personal initiative
over time. More recently, Parker and colleagues have proposed that engagement, and the
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component of vigor in particular, broadens individualscognitive processes, stimulating several
proactive behaviors such as job crafting (Parker et al. 2010, Parker & Griffin 2011).
Job-related outcomes. On the basis of previous literature, Bakker (2009) proposed that engaged
employees perform better because (a) they experience positive emotions, which help them to look
for new ideas and build resources; (b) they have better health, so they can devote all energy to their
jobs; (c) they look for feedback and support in order to create new resources; and (d) they have the
ability to transmit their engagement to colleagues, increasing team performance.
Evidence for the relationship between work engagement and performance was found in a study
by Halbesleben & Wheeler (2008). The authors, working with a sample of 587 employees, found
that work engagement at Time 1 predicted not only higher self-reported in-role performance two
months later, but also higher supervisor-rated and coworker-rated in-role performance. Similar
results have been found for extrarole performance. Seventeen supervisors rated nursesextrarole
performance (N¼280) working in different services in a Portuguese hospital (Salanova et al.
2011). Nurses were asked about their supervisorstransformational leadership as well. Results
revealed that supervisorstransformational leadership was positively related to nurseswork
engagement. Consequently, the supervisors provided higher ratings of extrarole performance. As
proposed by Fredrickson, positive emotions are vehicles for social connection, making it more
likely for an employee to approach people. This explains some differences between engaged and
disengaged employees regarding extrarole behaviors. For instance, Bakker et al. (2004) dem-
onstrated that engaged employees were more likely to show organizational citizenship behaviors
(as reported by their colleagues).
As noted by Demerouti & Cropanzano (2010), work engagement (and particularly vigor)
enables the employee to move on from thought to action, so that engaged employees achieve better
performance. Moreover, in addition to searching for individual growth, engaged employees show
higher levels of extrarole performance, that is, actions that go beyond their own job tasks and are
beneficial for the organization as a whole. In-role behaviors seem to be more adequately predicted
by well-being indicators, such as exhaustion, that have to do with whether individuals can perform
(Demerouti & Bakker 2006). By contrast, extrarole performance seems to be better predicted by
whether an individual is willing to perform (i.e., work engagement).
In a similar vein, Christian et al. (2011) suggest that engaged employees are likely to perform
behaviors that help the social context of the organization (i.e., organizational citizenship be-
haviors) because they are able to free up resources by performing their tasks efficiently, enabling
them to pursue activities that are not part of their job descriptions. Specifically, these authors found
that work engagement predicted both task (in-role) and contextual (extrarole) performance. The
impact of work engagement on job performance has also been demonstrated using a weekly-diary
study design (Bakker & Bal 2010). As suggested by Bakker & Bal (2010), this approach may
explain why even engaged employees have weeks during which they perform poorly.
Work engagement is an important predictor of client satisfaction and organizational per-
formance. Xanthopoulou et al. (2009b), in their study of a fast-food company, found a positive
relationship between daily work engagement and daily financial returns. Customer loyalty has
also been considered as an objective outcome potentially related to work engagement. Findings
support a positive relationship between work engagement and service climate, which in turn
predicts customer loyalty (Salanova et al. 2005). Moreover, the literature suggests a positive
relationship between employee work engagement and organizational performance. The meta-
analysis conducted by Harter et al. (2002) showed that work engagement relates to higher
profitability and customer satisfaction/loyalty. Given the substantial evidence linking engage-
ment and positive organizational outcomes, Gruman & Saks (2011) have suggested that in
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order to produce performance increments, management systems should foster employee work
engagement.
JOB DEMANDSRESOURCES THEORY
The studies reviewed so far provide evidence for a distinctive pattern of antecedents and con-
sequences of burnout and work engagement. On one hand, job demands have been identified as
the main causes of burnout, which in turn leads to poor health and negative organizational out-
comes. On the other hand, job resources have been identified as the main drivers of work en-
gagement, which in turn leads to increased well-being and positive organizational outcomes.
These patterns form the basis for an articulated model of occupational well-being, known as the
job demandsresources (JDR) model (Bakker & Demerouti 2007, 2014; Demerouti et al. 2001).
With the JDR model, we can understand, explain, and make predictions about employee burn-
out, work engagement, and outcomes. In this section, we discuss the most important building
blocks of JDR theory.
Flexibility
One important reason for the popularity of the JDR theory is its flexibility. A first proposition of
the theory is that all job characteristics can be modeled using two different categories, namely, job
demands and job resources. Thus, the theory can be applied to all work environments and can be
tailored to the specific occupation under consideration. Whereas (meaningful variations in levels
of) certain specific job demands and resources (such as work pressure, autonomy) can be found in
almost every occupational group, other job demands and resources are unique. For example,
whereas physical demands are still very important job demands for construction workers and
nurses today, cognitive demands are much more relevant for scientists and engineers.
Two Processes
A second proposition of JDR theory is that job demands and resources are the triggers of two
fairly independent processes, namely, a health impairment process and a motivational process
(see Figure 1). Thus, whereas job demands are generally the most important predictors of such
outcomes as exhaustion, psychosomatic health complaints, and repetitive strain injury (e.g.,
Bakker et al. 2003b, Hakanen et al. 2006), job resources are generally the most important
predictors of work enjoyment, motivation, and work engagement (Bakker et al. 2007, 2010). The
reasons for these unique effects are that job demands cost effort and consume energetic resources,
whereas job resources fulfill basic psychological needs, such as the needs for autonomy, related-
ness, and competence (Bakker 2011, Deci & Ryan 2000, Nahrgang et al. 2011).
Many studies have supported the dual pathways to employee well-being proposed by JDR
theory and have shown that the model can predict important organizational outcomes (for an
overview, see Bakker & Demerouti 2014). For example, Bakker et al. (2003a) applied the JDR
model to call center employees of a Dutch telecom company and investigated its predictive validity
for self-reported absenteeism and turnover intentions. The results of a series of structural equation
modeling (SEM) analyses largely supported the dual processes. In the first, energy-driven process,
job demands (i.e., work pressure, computer problems, emotional demands, and changes in tasks)
were the most important predictors of health problems, which, in turn, were related to sickness
absence (duration and long-term absence). In the second, motivation-driven process, job resources
(i.e., social support, supervisory coaching, performance feedback, and time control) were the only
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predictors of dedication and organizational commitment, which, in turn, were related to turnover
intentions.
Recently, Nahrgang et al. (2011) conducted a meta-analytic study based on 203 independent
samples (N¼186,440). Using the JDR model, the authors related job demands and resources
to safety outcomes through the mediating effect of burnout and work engagement. They found
support for the JDR model in the context of safety at work, with (a) job demands (risks and
hazards) leading to burnout and, in turn, to high adverse events such as errors at work and (b) job
resources (safety climate) leading to work engagement (in terms of compliance with safety and
preventive measures), which in turn, predicted lower accidents and injuries.
Job Demands 3Resources Interactions
Job demands and resources initiate different processes, but they also have joint effects (see Figure 1).
The third proposition put forward by JDR theory is that job demands and resources interact in
predicting occupational well-being. There are two possible ways in which demands and resources
may have a combined effect on well-being and indirectly influence performance. The first in-
teraction is one in which job resources buffer the impact of job demands on strain. Thus, several
studies have shown that job resources such as social support, performance feedback, and op-
portunities for development can mitigate the impact of job demands (work pressure, emotional
demands, etc.) on strain, including burnout (e.g., Bakker et al. 2005a, Xanthopoulou et al. 2007).
Employees who have many job resources available can cope better with their daily job demands.
The second interaction is one in which job demands amplify the impact of job resources on
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motivation/engagement. Thus, research has shown that job resources become salient and have the
strongest positive impact on work engagement when job demands are high. Particularly when an
employee is confronted with challenging job demands, job resources become valuable and foster
dedication to the tasks at hand (Bakker et al. 2007, Hakanen et al. 2005).
Personal Resources
An important extension of the original JDR model (Bakker et al. 2004, Demerouti et al. 2001) is
the inclusion of personal resources in the model and theory. Personal resources are positive self-
evaluations that are linked to resiliency and refer to individualssense of their ability to control
and impact their environments successfully (Hobfoll et al. 2003). Such positive self-evaluations
predict goal setting, motivation, performance, job and life satisfaction, and other desirable out-
comes (for a review, see Judge et al. 2004). The reason for this is that the higher an individuals
personal resources, the more positive the persons self-regard and the more goal self-concordance
is expected to be experienced (Judge et al. 2005). Individuals with goal self-concordance are
intrinsically motivated to pursue their goals, and as a result, goals trigger higher performance
and satisfaction (see also Luthans & Youssef 2007).
Xanthopoulou et al. (2007) examined the role of three personal resources (self-efficacy,
organizational-based self-esteem, and optimism) in predicting work engagement and exhaustion.
The results of SEM analyses showed that personal resources did not manage to offset the re-
lationship between job demands and exhaustion. By contrast, personal resources were found to
partly mediate the relationship between job resources and work engagement, suggesting that job
resources foster the development of personal resources. The longitudinal study by Xanthopoulou
et al. (2009a) also suggested that personal resources were reciprocal with job resources and work
engagement over time. Thus, job resources predicted personal resources and work engagement;
personal resources and work engagement, in turn, predicted job resources (see also Figure 1).
Job Crafting
It is clear that the availability of well-designed jobs and working conditions facilitates employee
motivation and reduces stress, but what if these favorable working conditions are not available?
Employees may actively change the design of their jobs by choosing tasks, negotiating different
job content, and assigning meaning to their tasks or jobs (Parker & Ohly 2008). This process of
employees shaping their jobs has been referred to as job crafting (Wrzesniewski & Dutton 2001).
Job crafting is defined as the physical and cognitive changes individuals make in their task or
relational boundaries. Physical changes refer to changes in the form, scope, or number of job tasks,
whereas cognitive changes refer to changing how one sees the job. Wrzesniewski & Dutton (2001)
note that job crafting is not inherently good or bad for an organization. Its effect depends on the
situation.
Tims et al. (2012) recently defined job crafting as the changes employees may make regarding
their job demands and job resources. This conceptualization takes JDR theory as a starting point.
According to Tims and colleagues, job crafting can take the form of four different types of
behaviors: (a) increasing structural job resources, (b) increasing social job resources, (c) increasing
(challenging) job demands, and (d) decreasing (hindrance) job demands. Tims et al. found evidence
for the reliability and validity of the four proposed job crafting dimensions. In an attempt to
integrate job crafting into JDR theory, Tims et al. (2013) hypothesized that job crafting would
predict future job demands and job resources and indirectly have a positive impact on work
engagement and job satisfaction. Data were collected among employees working in a chemical
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plant at three time points, with one month in between the measurement waves. The results of SEM
analyses showed that employees who crafted their job resources in the first month of the study
showed an increase in their structural and social resources over the course of the study (two
months). This increase in job resources was related to increased work engagement and job sat-
isfaction. Crafting job demands did not result in a change in job demands, but results revealed
direct effects of crafting challenging demands on increases in well-being. In a similar vein, Petrou
et al. (2012) found in their diary study that on days that employees sought job resources and
challenges, they were more engaged in their jobs. By contrast, the more employees simplified their
work on a specific day, the less engagement they experienced on that day. Thus, job crafting, or the
bottom-up adjustments of demands and resources, seems to play a substantial role in the mecha-
nisms suggested by JDRtheory.
INTERVENTIONS
Our review of the literature has shown that burnout and work engagement are definitely not
redundant concepts (cf. Cole et al. 2012). Whereas job demands are the most important ante-
cedents of burnout, job resources are the most important antecedents of work engagement. In
addition, whereas burnout has a negative impact on employee well-being and organizational
performance, work engagement is a desirable state with positive consequences. Thus, inter-
ventions should aim to prevent burnout and foster work engagement. The most effective inter-
ventions are those that combine specific measures at the organizational and individual levels
(Kompier et al. 2000). Using JDR theory, we propose two types of interventions to prevent
burnout and foster work engagementnamely, organizational-level interventions and individual-
level interventions.
Organizational-Level Interventions
Interventions at the organizational level focus on groups of employees. These interventions in-
clude job redesign and training programs. Consistent with JDR theory, we propose three pos-
sible interventions:
1. Optimizing job demands: As high job demands cost considerable effort, it is important to
examine possible ways to reduce demands such as role ambiguity, job insecurity, and
conflict. Such hindrance demands are stressful and viewed by workers as unnecessarily
thwarting personal growth and goal attainment (Cavanaugh et al. 2000). By contrast,
challenge job demands are viewed by workers as obstacles to be overcome. Challenge
demands such as work pressure and complex tasks are positively related to work
engagement (Crawford et al. 2010). Possible interventions to reduce hindrance demands
include (a) the implementation of fair procedures in times of organizational change and
(b) teaching teams and departments to combine challenge demands with sufficient job
resources (see below).
2. Increasing job resources: Job resources such as social support and performance
feedback can be optimized by redesigning the work environment or through training.
For example, if the work environment is designed such that employees regularly meet with
each other, they will have opportunities to exchange information and provide feedback
to each other. Additionally, employees may learn how to distill feedback from their
own work results, andmanagers may be taught how to provide feedback in an appropriate
way. As is the case with job demands, it is crucial to start the intervention with the
assessment of the most important job resources that need attention (see Bakker &
Demerouti 2014, Bakker et al. 2013).
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3. Fostering personal resources: Research has shown that personal resources such as
optimism, resilience, and self-efficacy can be taught (Demerouti et al. 2011, Luthans
et al. 2006). Thus, when an organizational assessment indicates that large groups of
employees lack important personal resources, organizations may decide to arrange on-
the-job training. In this training, employees receive examples of how to develop their
personal resources in their daily work routines, and they acquire new competencies that
help them execute their daily job tasks (Luthans et al. 2006).
Individual-Level Interventions
Through individual approaches, organizations can attend to the specific needs and problems
employees may have. Individual employees may face hindrance demands because of certain life
events. Similarly, individual employees may lack certain job or personal resources because of
changes in the organization or in their personal lives. Organizations could use internet versions of
JDR questionnaires with tailored feedback to inform employees about their most important job
demands and resources (Bakker & Demerouti 2007, Bakker et al. 2013). This information could
be the starting point of a change process that is guided by a personal coach. Other possible
interventions are (a) job crafting training, in which employees learn how to proactively change
their own work environment (Tims et al. 2012, Wrzesniewski & Dutton 2001); (b) strengths use
training, in which employees learn to set personal goals and use their strengths at work in new ways
(Linley & Harrington 2006); and (c) recovery training, in which employees learn which activities
best help them to recover from their work-related efforts (Hahn et al. 2011). Recovery training
might also include relaxation techniques or mindfulness.
FUTURE RESEARCH
This review shows that we know quite a bit about the concepts of burnout and work engagement.
However, up until now, the literature has largely ignored possible daily fluctuations in burnout
and work engagement, as well as momentary peaks and lows. In addition, most research has used
a job-design approach to burnout and work engagement, thereby ignoring the possibility that
employees may design their own jobs and prevent burnout and sustain engagement. Finally, we
believe that burnout and engagement researchers should aim to link both concepts to observable
behaviors. We discuss each of these topics in more detail below.
Daily Fluctuations in Burnout and Work Engagement
Although burnout and work engagement are usually conceived as chronic, trait-like experiences
(the between-person view), recent research shows that burnout and work engagement can also be
conceived as state-like experiences (the within-person view). The latter approach answers ques-
tions such as why one person feels more burned out or more engaged at work on certain days and
not on others. The state-like approach enables us to examinein addition to general predictors
such as enduring resources as specified in job demandsresources theorythe more proximal,
situational predictors of burnout and work engagement (Sonnentag et al. 2010).
Diary studies have indeed demonstrated that burnout and work engagement fluctuate sub-
stantially within individuals, thus supporting the state-like view (e.g., Bakker & Xanthopoulou
2009, Simbula 2010, Sonnentag 2003, Van Gelderen et al. 2011). We agree with Sonnentag
(2005), who argued that burnout scholars should examine questions such as which situational
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features of a specific day elicit increased burnout symptoms, how people with high general levels
of burnout react to and cope with daily stressful situations or a lack of resources, and whether
there is an accumulation of burnout symptoms during the week. Such research questions deserve
attention in future research, as they would enhance our insight into burnout and work
engagement.
Momentary Burnout and Engagement
Sonnentag (2011) has argued that examining engagement from day to day might even be too rough
of an assessment, and she proposes that engagement may fluctuate from hour to hour, similar to
the within-day fluctuations of job performance (Beal et al. 2005). The nature of the task at hand
may be an important determinant of whether we experience work engagement. For example,
whereas most doctors are highly engaged when treating patients, they may feel less engaged during
night shifts or when filling out medical records. Likewise, salespersons may feel highly vigorous
and dedicated during a sales pitch when trying to sell a product or service, but they may feel low on
engagement when dealing with customer complaints. Momentary burnout and engagement
experiences could be investigated using the experience sampling method (ESM; Dimotakis & Ilies
2013). The ESM represents a research procedure that requires study participants to respond to
multiple daily questionnaires during several days. This procedure enables an investigation of
changes in momentary burnout and work engagement as a function either of the task at hand or of
the people with whom one works.
Burnout, Work Engagement, and Job Crafting
The JDR model acknowledges the importance of job crafting for preventing burnout and
sustaining work engagement (Bakker & Demerouti 2014). Although most of the available
evidence suggests that job crafting leads to increased levels of engagement and lower levels of
burnout (Bakker et al. 2012b, Petrou et al. 2012, Tims et al. 2013), the JDR model proposes
that engagement and burnout can also predict job crafting. Are enthusiastic and vigorous
employees more likely to craft their jobs? Do employees with burnout experiences craft their
jobs such that their work becomes less demanding? Demerouti et al. (2009) found that job
demands were positively related to burnout but that burnout was also positively related to
job demands over time. These findings suggest that employees with higher levels of burn-
out are less likely to craft their jobs. It can be hypothesized that job crafting represents the
missing link in the reversed causal path from burnout and work engagement to future job
demands and job resources (Bakker & Demerouti 2014). Future research is necessary to test
this hypothesis.
Observable Behavioral Outcomes
Burnout and work engagement seem to influence observable behaviors of individuals. However,
this relationship is far from understood. There is some indication that burnout increases aggressive
behavior (Rafii et al. 2004) and counterproductive work behavior (Cropanzano et al. 1997). Work
engagement has been found to increase extrarole or citizenship behavior (Xanthopoulou et al.
2008) and proactive behavior (Sonnentag 2003). Gaining insight into the ways through which
burnout and work engagement influence observable behavior is important not only because
behavior may explain ones performance at work. Such a link is also important for another reason:
Ones behavior is observable by other people, and it may therefore influence other peoples
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behavior as well. In line with this idea, work engagement and burnout may cross over and
influencecolleagues and marital partners(e.g., Bakker & Xanthopoulou 2009, Bakker et al. 2005b).
This suggests that burnout and work engagement may be transmitted to or imitated by other
individuals in the surrounding environment through a contagion process. In this way, their effects
are multiplied. Therefore, it is necessary to enhance our insight into the behavioral outcomes of
burnout and work engagement and the mechanism through which they influence others.
CONCLUSION
This review shows that burnout and work engagement are important concepts because
they predict significant outcomes for individual employees and for organizations at large.
Whereas burnout seems to be caused by high job demands and to a lesser extent by low job
resources, work engagement seems to be caused by job resources. Individual characteristics,
such as personality and personal resources, are also related to both burnout and work en-
gagement but in an opposite fashion. Although both burnout and work engagement are
related to job-related outcomes, burnout seems to be more strongly related to health out-
comes, whereas work engagement is more strongly related to motivational outcomes.
Therefore, burnout and work engagement represent substantially different experiences and
deserve their own attention from both researchers and practitioners. In this review, we also
suggest that although we have extensive knowledge on both phenomena, several unanswered
questions remain. Research and practice should continue to uncover processes related to burnout
and work engagement, as they explain a great deal of the variance in organizational behavior.
FUTURE ISSUES
1. Daily fluctuations in burnout and work engagement: What are the situational features of
a specific day that elicit increased burnout symptoms? Can these be determined through
diary research?
2. Momentary burnout and engagement: Do levels of burnout and work engagement
change as a function of the task at hand or as a function of the people with whom one
works?
3. Burnout, work engagement, and job crafting: Are employees with higher levels of
burnout less likely to craft their jobs?
4. Observable behavioral outcomes: What are the observable consequences of burnout
and work engagement?
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
The authors are not aware of any affiliations, memberships, funding, or financial holdings that
might be perceived as affecting the objectivity of this review.
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