Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/249294 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1036
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
The existing burnout literature has predominantly focussed on the determinants of burnout, whereas its consequences for individual careers have received little attention. In this study, we investigate whether recently burned-out individuals and persons with a very high risk of clinical burnout differ in job preferences from non-burned-out workers. Moreover, we link these differences in preferences with (1) diverging perceptions of job demands and resources in a job, as well as (2) distinct weighting of such perceptions. To this end, a highquality sample of 582 employees varying in their history and current risk of burnout judged fictitious job offers with experimentally manipulated characteristics in terms of their willingness to apply as well as perceived job demands and resources. We find that recently burned-out employees appreciate possibilities to telework and fixed feedback relatively more, while being relatively less attracted to opportunities for learning on the job. Moreover, employees with a very high risk of burnout are more attracted to part-time jobs. These findings can be partially explained by differences in the perceived resources offered by jobs.
Subjects: 
burnout
labour market
job search
job preference
factorial survey experiment
JEL: 
J62
I12
C91
C83
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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