Job Demands-Resources Model

Job Demands-Resources Model

Reviewed by Faisal Zaidi

A model that sorts working conditions into job demands, what a role asks of a person, and job resources, what it supplies to meet them.

What it is

In the 2001 paper, demands were mainly associated with the exhaustion part of burnout and a lack of resources with the disengagement part, in 374 workers across human services, industry and transport.

In effect

The article on why burnout hits people who like their jobs as the frame that counts the load a job carries draws on it, not the enjoyment it offers.

What it does not say

It is a model for sorting working conditions, built on survey data from three kinds of work. It does not say that every demand harms or that every resource protects.

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.