出版社:Fundación Científica y Tecnológica de la Asociación Chilena
摘要:According to several authors, an imbalance between job expectations
and perceived reality led to a loop of unsatisfied job experiences,
unpleasant feelings and different king of negative consequences.
However, job expectations, as a cognitive variable that interfere in the
burnout process, are hardly investigated. The main aim of this research
is the relationship between job expectations and consequences on
work-settings considering both positive (satisfaction, motivation and
commitment) and negative ones (levels of job performance, sociorelative
affectation, headache, and insomnia). Through a crosssectional
design, and the Unmet Job Expectations and the Short
Burnout Questionnaire, the sample consisted of 380 health
professionals working in several general hospitals from the State of
Puebla (Mexico). Hierarchical regression analyses revealed different
significant interactions according to the dependent variables (positive
or negative consequences). After controlling for gender and age,
Workload (b = 0.112*), Professional development met expectations (β =
-0.111*), Emotional exhaustion (β = 0.558***), and Depersonalization (β
= 0.128**) revealed significant effects accounting the 41.6% of the
Negative consequences’ variance related to the burnout process.
However, levels of job met expectations related to Professional
development (β = 0.373***), Relations with users / clients (β = 0.168***),
and Compensation (β = 0.274***) were revealed as the only significant
variables accounting the 44.7% of the Positive consequences’ variance.
Therefore, results showed a differential weight of met job expectations
as regards the criterion variables considered.