EMPIRICAL RESEARCH

 

Job satisfaction, occupational stress, burnout and work engagement as components of work-related wellbeing

 

 

Sebastiaan Rothmann

Programme in Industrial Psychology, North-West University, South Africa

Correspondence

 

 

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ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between job satisfaction, occupational stress, burnout and work engagement as dimensions of work-related wellbeing in a sample of members of the police force in South Africa. A survey design was used. Stratified random samples of members of the police force (N = 677) were taken in the North West Province of South Africa. The Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire, Police Stress Inventory, Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale were used as measuring instruments. The results provided support for a four-factorial model of work-related wellbeing consisting of the following dimensions: job satisfaction (indicating pleasure vs. displeasure), occupational stress (indicating anxiety vs. comfort), burnout (indicating fatigue vs. vigour), and engagement (indicating enthusiasm vs. depression).

Keywords: wellness, motivation, energy, distress, eustress

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Correspondence:
Sebastiaan Rothmann
E-mail: Ian@ianrothmann.com