Exploring intergenerational differences in burnout and how they relate to work engagement, norms, and values: a mixed-methods study

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Table 1. The relation between burnout, work engagement, and norms and values: are there intergenerational differences?

Table 2. Score on engagement by age group and sex

Age group	Sex	Very low, %	n	Low, %	n	Average, %	n	High, %	n	Very high, %	n	Total, n
25–35 years	Male	7.1	4	25.0	14	41.1	23	25.0	14	1.8	1	56
	Female	3.4	2	17.2	10	50.0	29	29.3	17	0.0	0	58
	Total	5.3	6	21.1	24	45.6	52	27.2	31	0.9	1	114
36–50 years	Male	3.2	1	16.1	5	64.5	20	16.1	5	0.0	0	31
	Female	11.8	2	5.9	1	70.6	12	11.8	2	0.0	0	17
	Total	6.3	3	12.5	6	66.7	32	14.6	7	0.0	0	48
51–65 years	Male	4.5	1	4.5	1	72.7	16	18.2	4	0.0	0	22
	Female	0.0	0	45.5	5	45.5	5	0.0	0	9.1	1	11
	Total	3.0	1	18.2	6	63.6	21	12.1	4	3.0	1	33
End total		5.1	10	18.5	36	53.8	105	21.5	4	1.0	2	195

Table 3. Degree of identification with portraits of equivalence, benevolence, stimulation, and traditions, respectively, by age group

Equivalence	Degree of identification with portrait^a
Age groups	1	2	3	4	5	6
25–35 years, %	15.6	45.3	25.0	6.3	7.8	0.0
36–50 years, %	16.1	48.4	19.4	9.7	3.2	3.2
51–65 years, %	37.5	54.2	4.2	4.2	0.0	0.0
Total, %	20.2	47.9	19.3	6.7	5.0	0.8

Benevolence	Degree of identification with portrait^a
Age groups	1	2	3	5
25–35 years, %	48.4	43.8	7.8	0.0
36–50 years, %	35.5	38.7	19.4	6.5
51– 65 years, %	41.7	50.0	8.3	0.0
Total, %	43.7	43.7	10.9	1.7

Stimulation	Degree of identification with portrait^a
Age groups	1	2	3	4	5	6
25–35 years, %	6.3	32.8	31.3	21.9	7.8	0.0
36–50 years, %	16.1	9.7	41.9	19.4	12.9	0.0
51–65 years, %	4.2	29.2	25.0	29.2	8.3	4.2
Total, %	8.4	26.1	32.8	22.7	9.2	0.8

Traditions	Degree of identification with portrait^a
Age groups	1	2	3	4	5	6
25–35 years, %	3.1	23.4	31.3	15.6	17.2	9.4
36–50 years, %	6.5	29.0	25.8	3.2	29.0	6.5
51–65 years, %	0.0	54.2	16.7	12.5	8.3	8.3
Total	3.4	31.1	26.9	11.8	18.5	8.4

^aLikert scale, ranging from 1 (‘Looks very much like me’) to 6 (‘Does not look like me at all’)