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Young managers' drive to thrive: A personal work goal approach to burnout and work engagement

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Hyvönen, K., Feldt, T., Salmela-Aro, K., Kinnunen, U., & Mäkikangas, A. (2009). Young managers' drive to thrive: A personal work goal approach to burnout and work engagement. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 75, 183-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2009.04.002
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Journal of Vocational Behavior
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Hyvönen, Katriina |
Feldt, Taru |
Salmela-Aro, Katariina |
Kinnunen, Ulla |
Mäkikangas, Anne
Date
2009
Discipline
PsykologiaPsychology
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© 2009 Elsevier Inc. This is a final draft version of an article whose final and definitive form has been published by Elsevier. Published in this repository with the kind permission of the publisher.

 
This study approaches young managers’ occupational well-being through their work-related goal pursuit. The main aim was to identify content categories of personal work goals and investigate their associations with background factors, goal appraisals, burnout, and work engagement. The questionnaire data consisted of 747 young Finnish managers (23–35 years; M = 31 years) who were mostly men (85.5%). Seven work-related content categories were found on the basis of qualitative data analysis: (1) competence goals (30.5%), (2) progression goals (23.7%), (3) well-being goals (15.2%), (4) job change goals (13.7%), (5) job security goals (7.4%), (6) organizational goals (5.6%), and (7) financial goals (3.9%). ANCOVA analyses, where goal appraisals and significant background factors were controlled for, indicated that organizational goals were related to low burnout and the highest level of work engagement, whereas well-being and job change goals were related to higher burnout and lower work engagement. The study shows that the contents of young managers’ work-related goals can contribute to the understanding of individual differences in occupational well-being. ...
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Elsevier
Keywords
työtavoitteet tavoitteiden sisältö tavoitteiden arviointi työuupumus personal work goals goal contents goal appraisals burnout occupational well-being työhyvinvointi työn imu
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2009.04.002
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http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201603011725

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