| Abstract [eng] |
The importance of job demands, resources, and employee basic need satisfaction for burnout at work and work engagement. Ona Bačiulytė-Aleksė, Vilnius, Vilnius university, 2026, 71p. The aim of the study was to examine the relationships between job demands, job resources, satisfaction of basic psychological needs, burnout, and work engagement among employees. The study involved 152 employees from various organizations. A quantitative research design was applied using an online questionnaire survey. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 29 software. The following statistical methods were employed: descriptive statistics, Spearman correlation analysis, Mann–Whitney U test, Kruskal–Wallis test, and hierarchical regression analysis. The results revealed that job demands were significantly positively associated with burnout, whereas job resources were negatively associated with burnout and positively associated with work engagement. Satisfaction of basic psychological needs was negatively related to burnout and positively related to work engagement. In addition, work engagement was significantly negatively associated with burnout. The hierarchical regression analysis demonstrated that the burnout model explained 35.8% of the variance in burnout. Significant predictors of burnout were emotional job demands, satisfaction of the need for autonomy, and satisfaction of the need for competence. Higher emotional job demands and greater satisfaction of the need for competence were associated with higher burnout, whereas greater satisfaction of the need for autonomy was associated with lower burnout. The work engagement model explained 51.7% of the variance in work engagement. Significant predictors of work engagement were opportunities for professional development and satisfaction of needs for autonomy and relatedness. The strongest association was identified between satisfaction of the need for autonomy and work engagement. The findings of the study suggest that employee burnout and work engagement are closely related to both characteristics of the work environment and employees’ internal psychological processes. The results highlight the importance of job resources and satisfaction of basic psychological needs for employee well-being and emphasize the role of autonomy in reducing burnout risk and strengthening work engagement. Keywords: job demands, job resources, basic need satisfaction, burnout at work, work engagement, employees. |
