Author details:1 Department of Public Administration, Law School, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China. 2 Institute of Local Government Development, Shan‑Tou 515063, People’s Republic of China. 3 School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, People’s Republic of China. 4 Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IASA), School of Mathematics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, People’s Republic of China. 5 Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. 6 Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science, Kumasi, Ghana.
Abstract
Background: Burnout is evidenced to have adverse effect on the well-being of health workers. Although several risk factors of burnout have been found, only a hand full of studies have examined the role of teamwork quality. This study therefore sought to explore the relationship between the sub‑dimensions of burnout and teamwork quality. Method: This is an empirical study involving health workers who have practising certificate from the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China. Relying on the study’s target population, a sample of 939 healthwork‑ers complied to partake in the survey. Data were obtained from the administration of a well‑structured electronic questionnaire containing the Maslach Burnout Inventory together with Healthy and Resilient Organization (HERO)scales correspondingly. The scales were then analysed using the canonical correlation approach (CCA). Results: The results unveiled a statistically significant correlation between teamwork quality and health worker burn‑out indicating that teamwork quality and burnout are canonically correlated. Further, examination on the relationship existing between the dimensions of teamwork quality and burnout unveiled that with the exception of personal accomplishment and teamwork dedication, teamwork quality sub‑scales (teamwork vigour and teamwork absorp‑tion) were negatively related to emotional exhaustion and depersonalization as sub‑scales of burnout, respectively. Conclusion: The study concluded that, surge in teamwork quality leads to reduced emotional exhaustion and reduced depersonalization while simultaneously increasing professional accomplishment. Therefore, this study presents a solid foundation for decreasing burnout syndrome in healthcare that can be implemented by successfully increasing levels of teamwork quality.
Keywords: Health workers, Burnout, Teamwork quality, Canonical correlation, China
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Wang, W., Atingabili, S., Mensah, I.A. et al. Teamwork quality and health workers burnout nexus: a new insight from canonical correlation analysis. Hum Resour Health 20, 52 (2022).