Research on Engagement and Burnout: a theoretical approach in times of COVID-19

ABSTRACT

Engagement and burnout have been defined as extremes of a continuum to represent the health and well-being of people at work, whether as a work result or other life circumstances. On the other hand, it must be recognized that the pandemic times have considerably affected all areas of human life, and the organizational one has not escaped this. In this context, this research aims to review scientific articles that deal with Engagement and Burnout to know the contributions made by researchers in this relevant organizational field, focusing the analysis on the times we live in as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. To achieve the objectives, a database of 315 articles published in Web of Science (WOS) indexed journals during the period 2020-2022 was analyzed. Following the guidelines of Toulmin's argumentative model (Rodriguez-Bello, 2004), the following causal assertion was defined "The engagement and burnout of workers during the COVID-19 pandemic is influenced by the governance of organizations". The reviewed articles were established as evidence and the database as collateral. The main results show that social and organizational governance influences the health and well-being of workers, which impacts their performance and thus the outcomes of their respective organizations.