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Job burnout of security guards of aviation company

Tova Rosenbloom (Department of Management, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel)
Yoav Malka (Department of Management, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel)
Shay Israel (Department of Management, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel)

Personnel Review

ISSN: 0048-3486

Article publication date: 4 April 2016

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to focus on a unique population of airport security guards who work for a specific airline and are frequently sent abroad with short advance notice. The current study deals with the job burnout of these employees.

Design/methodology/approach

In total, 100 airport security guards, employees of a specific airline completed the Attachment Style Questionnaire, the Burnout Questionnaire and Demographic Questions.

Findings

Results indicated that the employees with the preoccupied style suffered more burnout than did those with secure and dismissive-avoidant styles. One of the possible explanations is that people with dismissive-avoidant style enjoy these multiple travels which enable them to be uninvolved with people surrounding them.

Research limitations/implications

This study was based mainly on self-report of both the independent and the dependent variables, with all the disadvantages known to self-report methods.

Practical implications

Points for practitioners are: first, it is recommended to use a selection tool for airport security guards in line with the results of this study; and second, people with avoidance attachment style should potentially be suitable employees for short and multiple travel abroad.

Originality/value

Theoretically, this study contributes a new perspective of the Job Demands-Resources model, that is, the notion that in certain jobs and in specific situations (job demands) insecure attachment style may serve as a job resource rather than as an obstacle.

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Citation

Rosenbloom, T., Malka, Y. and Israel, S. (2016), "Job burnout of security guards of aviation company", Personnel Review, Vol. 45 No. 3, pp. 557-568. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-07-2014-0161

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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