Though research has shown that public transportation drivers experience greater burnout than other drivers, the sources of their burnout and possible mediators remain largely unknown. In response, in this study we investigate the relationships among sensation seeking, Type A driving behavior, and meaning of work to elucidate the burnout experienced by bus drivers in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. To collect data regarding these relationships, 188 bus drivers answered a questionnaire involving the sensation seeking scale, burnout scale, and meaning of work scale. Results showed that Type A driving behavior mediated the relationship between sensation seeking and burnout, while meaning of work moderated the mediated model. These findings demonstrate that sensation-seeking bus drivers tend to experience greater burnout given their tendency to exhibit Type A driving behavior, and this relationship depends on perceived meaning of work. This study therefore contributes meaningful information and outlines significant implications in understanding drivers’ burnout.
교통안전공단 (2013). 2013년도 대중교통 현황조사.
김수진 (2014). 한국판 일의 의미 척도(working as meaning inventory; WAMI) 타당화. 이화여자대학교 대학원, 석사학위 논문.
나윤주 (2013). Oldenburg burnout inventory (OLBI)에 대한 타당화 연구. 아주대학교 대학원, 석사학위 논문.
서영석 (2010). 상담심리 연구에서 매개효과와 조절효과 검증: 개념적 구분 및 자료 분석 시 고려 사항. 한국심리학회지: 상담 및 심리치료, 22(4), 1147-1168.
설정훈, 박수현. (2015). 해군 장병의 스트레스와 인지적 정서조절전략이 정신건강 문제에 미치는 영향. 한국심리학회지: 임상, 34(2), 553-578.
안우현, 이선희, 박선영. (2014). 버스 운전자들의 성격 특성과 안전 직무수행 및 교통사고와의 관계. 한국안전학회지, 29(2), 68-75.
오주석, 이순철 (2011). 운전행동 결정요인의 구성과 위험운전행동과의 관계. 한국심리학회지: 사회문제, 17(2), 175-197.
유희정 (1988). A-타입 행동패턴의 특성. 한국임상심리학회지, 7(1), 31-36.
이수란, 정은경, 권재영, 손영우 (2011). 운전 상황에서의 개인특성과 생활스트레스가 교통안전에 미치는 영향. 한국심리학회지: 문화 및 사회문제, 17(3), 305-320.
이순철 (2000). 교통행동의 심리학적 이해: 교통심리학. 한국심리학회지: 사회문제, 6(1), 119-143.
이순철, 오주석, 송훈화, 윤대섭, 황윤숙. (2010). 운전자 성격과 태도가 주관적 운전부하 수준에 미치는 영향. 한국심리학회지: 산업 및 조직, 23(3), 445-469.
이지원, 이기학 (2014). 불안정애착 및 심리적 고통이 관계중독에 미치는 영향: 지지추구적 정서조절양식의 조절된 매개효과 검증. 한국심리학회지: 상담 및 심리치료, 26(1), 65-95.
조가희 (2013). 사업용 화물자동차 직업운전자의 자각피로도와 사고경험의 관련성. 이화여자대학교 대학원, 석사학위 논문.
황윤숙 (2009). 버스운전자와 택시운전자의 작업부하가 피로에 미치는 영향에 대한 정서상태의 매개효과. 충북대학교 대학원, 석사학위 논문.
Aiken, L. S., West, S. G., & Reno, R. R. (1991). Multiple regression: Testing and interpreting interactions. Sage.
Arnett, J. (1990). Drunk driving, sensation seeking, and egocentrism among adolescents. Personality and Individual Differences, 11, 541-546.
Arnett, J. (1994). Sensation seeking: A new conceptualization and a new scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 16, 289-296.
Baron, R. M., & Kenny, D. A. (1986). The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1173-1182.
Blustein, D. L. (2008). The role of work in psychological health and well-being: A conceptual, historical, and public policy perspective. American Psychologist, 63, 228-240.
Caplan, R. D., & Jones, K. W. (1975). Effects of work load, role ambiguity, and type A personality on anxiety, depression, and heart rate. Journal of Applied Psychology, 60, 713-719.
Chen, C. F., & Kao, Y. L. (2013). The connection between the hassles-burnout relationship, as moderated by coping, and aberrant behaviors and health problems among bus drivers. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 53, 105-111.
Chng, C. L., & Eaddy, S. (1999). Sensation seeking as it relates to burnout among emergency medical personnel: a Texas study. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 14, 36-40.
Chung, Y. S., & Wu, H. L. (2013). Effect of burnout on accident involvement in occupational drivers. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2388, 1-9.
Dahlen, E. R., Martin, R. C., Ragan, K., & Kuhlman, M. M. (2005). Driving anger, sensation-seeking, impulsiveness and boredom proneness in the prediction of unsafe driving. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 37, 341-348.
Davidson, J. C., & Caddell, D. P. (1994). Religion and the meaning of work. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 33, 135-147.
Demerouti, E., & Bakker, A. B. (2008). The Oldenburg Burnout Inventory: A good alternative to measure burnout and engagement. Handbook of Stress and Burnout in Health Care. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science.
Donovan, D. M., Queisser, H. R., Salzberg, P. M. and Umlauf, R. L. (1985). Intoxicated and bad drivers: subgroups within the same population of high-risk men driver. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 46, 375-382.
Duffy, R. D., Allan, B. A., & Bott, E. M. (2012). Calling and life satisfaction among undergraduate students: Investigating mediators and moderators. Journal of Happiness Studies, 13, 469-479.
Duffy, R. D., Dik, B. J., & Steger, M. F. (2011). Calling and work-related outcomes: Career commitment as a mediator. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 78, 210-218.
Friedman, M., & Rosenman, R. H. (1974). Type A behavior and your heart. New York: Knopf.
Gulliver, P., & Begg, D. (2007). Personality factors as predictors of persistent risky driving behavior and crash involvement among young adults. Injury Prevention, 13, 376-381.
Hagmaier, T., & Abele, A. E. (2012). The multidimensionality of calling: Conceptualization, measurement and a bicultural perspective. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 81, 39-51.
Hallberg, U. E., Johansson, G., & Schaufeli, W. B. (2007). Type A behavior and work situation: Associations with burnout and work engagement. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 48, 135-142.
Hayes, A. F. (2013). Introduction to mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis: A regression-based approach. Guilford Press.
Hayes, A. F., & Matthes, J. (2009). Computational procedures for probing interactions in OLS and logistic regression: SPSS and SAS implementations. Behavior Research Methods, 41, 924-936.
Harris, K. J., Kacmar, K. M., & Zivnuska, S. (2007). An investigation of abusive supervision as a predictor of performance and the meaning of work as a moderator of the relationship. The Leadership Quarterly, 18, 252-263.
Jonah, B. A. (1997). Sensation seeking and risky driving: A review and synthesis of the literature. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 29, 651-665.
Lobene, E. V., & Meade, A. W. (2013). The effects of career calling and perceived overqualification on work outcomes for primary and secondary school teachers. Journal of Career Development, 40, 508-530.
Lourel, M., Abdellaoui, S., Chevaleyre, S., Paltrier, M., & Gana, K. (2008). Relationships between psychological job demands, job control and burnout among firefighters. North American Journal of Psychology, 10, 489-496.
Machin, M. A., & Sankey, K. S. (2007). Relationships between young drivers' personality characteristics, risk perceptions, and driving behaviour. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 40, 541-547.
McMillen, D. L., Pang, M. G., Wells-Parker, E. and Anderson, B. J. (1991) Behavior and personality traits among DUI arrestees, nonarrested impaired drivers, and nonimpaired drivers. The International Journal of the Addictions, 26, 227-235.
Miles, D., & Johnson, G. L. (2003). Aggressive driving behaviors: are there psychological and attitudinal predictors? Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 6, 147-161.
Muller, D., Judd, C. M., & Yzerbyt, V. Y. (2005). When moderation is mediated and mediation is moderated. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 852-863.
Oltedal, S., & Rundmo, T. (2006). The effects of personality and gender on risky driving behaviour and accident involvement. Safety Science, 44, 621-628.
Peterson, C., Park, N., Hall, N., & Seligman, M. E. (2009). Zest and work. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30, 161-172.
Preacher, K. J., Rucker, D. D., & Hayes, A. F. (2007). Addressing moderated mediation hypotheses: Theory, methods, and prescriptions. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 42, 185-227.
Ros, M., Schwartz, S. H., & Surkiss, S. (1999). Basic individual values, work values, and the meaning of work. Applied psychology, 48, 49-71.
Rose, C., L., Murphy, L., B., Byard, L., & Nikzad, K. (2002). The role of the Big Five personality factors in vigilance performance and workload. European Journal of Personality, 16, 185-200.
Rumar, K., 1985. The role of perceptual and cognitive filters in observed behavior. In: Evans, L., Schwing, R.C. (Eds.), Human Behavior and Traffic Safety. Plenum Press, New York, pp. 151-165.
Schwebel, D. C., Severson, J., Ball, K. K., & Rizzo, M. (2006). Individual difference factors in risky driving: The roles of anger/hostility, conscientiousness, and sensation-seeking. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 38, 801-810.
Shahar, A. (2009). Self-reported driving behaviors as a function of trait anxiety. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 41, 241-245.
Shrout, P. E., & Bolger, N. (2002). Mediation in experimental and nonexperimental studies: new procedures and recommendations. Psychological Methods, 7, 422-445.
Steger, M. F., & Dik, B. J. (2009). If one is searching for meaning in life, does meaning in work help? Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 1, 303-320.
Steger, M. F., Dik, B. J., & Duffy, R. D. (2012). Measuring meaningful work: The work and meaning inventory(WAMI). Journal of Career Assessment, 20, 322-337.
Sümer, N. (2003). Personality and behavioral predictors of traffic accidents: testing a contextual mediated model. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 35, 949-964.
Taubman Ben-Ari, C., Mikulincer, M., & Gillath, O. (2004). The multidimensional driving style inventory-scale construct and validation. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 36, 323-332.
Tse, J. L. M., Flin, R., Mearns, K. (2006). Bus driver well-being review: 50 years of research. Transportation Research, 9, 89-114.
West, R., Elander, J., & French, D. (1993). Mild social deviance, type-A behavior pattern and decision-making style. British Journal of Psychology, 84, 207-219.
Wrzesniewski, A. Finding positive meaning in work. In: K. S. Cameron, J. E. Dutton and R. E. Quinn, Editors, Positive organizational scholarship, Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco (2003), pp. 296-308.
Wrzesniewski, A., & Dutton, J. E. (2001). Crafting a job: Revisioning employees as active crafters of their work. Academy of Management Review, 26, 179-201.
Wrzesniewski, A., McCauley, C., Rozin, P., & Schwartz, B. (1997). Jobs, careers, and callings: People's relations to their work. Journal of Research in Personality, 31, 21-33.