Arnold Bakker

Arnold Bakker

Arnold Bakker is a work psychology researcher and co-author of the 2001 model paper and the 2004 multi-sample study of burnout and engagement.

Who they are

Arnold Bakker is a work psychology researcher and co-author of the 2001 model paper and the 2004 multi-sample study of burnout and engagement. On this site the name is tied to Job Demands-Resources Model, Work Engagement, Job Burnout.

Key papers

Demerouti, E., Bakker, A. B., Nachreiner, F., & Schaufeli, W. B. (2001). The job demands-resources model of burnout. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86(3), 499-512.

Schaufeli, W. B., & Bakker, A. B. (2004). Job demands, job resources, and their relationship with burnout and engagement: A multi-sample study. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 25(3), 293-315.

Key ideas

Job Demands-Resources Model: A model that sorts working conditions into demands, what a role asks of a person, and resources, what it supplies to meet them.

Work Engagement: A positive, energetic and absorbed relationship with work, predicted in the studies cited by job resources.

Job Burnout: In work psychology, a work-related pattern of exhaustion and disengagement measured by questionnaire; a description of how people relate to their jobs, not a diagnosis.

Sources

  1. Demerouti, E., Bakker, A. B., Nachreiner, F., & Schaufeli, W. B. (2001). The job demands-resources model of burnout. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86(3), 499-512.
  2. Schaufeli, W. B., & Bakker, A. B. (2004). Job demands, job resources, and their relationship with burnout and engagement: A multi-sample study. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 25(3), 293-315.