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Le déséquilibre efforts-récompenses et les débordements entre vie au travail, vie privée chez les éleveurs laitiers : leurs effets sur l'épuisement professionnel

2008; Volume: Vol. 20; Issue: hs Linguagem: Inglês

10.3917/spub.080.0089

2104-3841

Marcel Lourel, Charlotte Mabire,

Employment and Welfare Studies

Résumé The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis according to which the imbalance between effort and reward, as well as to what degree the interference of professional life upon one’s private life, can affect the level of job burnout felt by a group of dairy farmers. The sample group was composed of dairy farmers (N = 104) from Eure who were sent a questionnaire by mail. Each questionnaire was designed to collect results which could be analysed with the help of the Siegrist scale (the effort-reward imbalance scale), the Swing scale and the MBI (General Survey). The data show that effort-reward imbalance does not in itself explain the burnout. On the other hand, negative professional/personal interaction strongly contributed to it. In addition, no difference was observed based on the sex of the worker. The limits and contributions of the study are presented in the discussion.