Table 1. Bivariate correlations of...

Table 1.

Bivariate correlations of workplace characteristics and individual and situational variables with BEC dimensions

Variables	Individual strain	Interpersonal strain	Self-evaluation strain
Workplace characteristics
Office layout	0.100	0.036	0.060
Proximity	−0.077	−0.030	−0.176*
Office comfort	0.023	0.135	0.144*
Office use
- Interaction	0.078	0.085	0.168*
- Distraction	−0.282**	−0.176*	−0.110
- Desk-switching	0.008	0.074	0.210**
- Claiming	−0.086	−0.103	−0.0.37
Possibility to telework	−0.015	0.020	−0.006
ICT access	0.091	0.076	0.155*
Individual control variables
Demographics
- Age	0.106	0.109	0.277**
- Gender	Z = −0.354**	Z = −0.131	Z = −0.767
- Education level	0.046	−0.066	−0.064
- Household composition	0.050	−0.024	0.061
Personality
- Extraversion	0.121	0.221**	0.263**
- Agreeableness	0.087	0.212**	0.198**
- Conscientiousness	0.061	0.188*	0.225**
- Neuroticism	−0.202**	−0.150*	−0.314**
- Openness	0.015	0.231**	0.158*
Work-related variables
- Job Rank	Z = −0.218	Z = −0.036	Z = −0.133
- Work experience	0.038	0.052	0.339**
- Activities_concentration	−0.039	0.112	0.083
- Activities_informal interaction	0.097	0.191**	0.080
- Activities_formal interaction	0.028	0.307**	0.010
Situational variables
Recognition	0.228**	0.297**	0.146*
Overload	0.365**	0.106	−0.037
Control	0.130	0.196**	0.370**
Appreciation	0.054	0.367**	0.290**

Variables	Individual strain	Interpersonal strain	Self-evaluation strain
Workplace characteristics
Office layout	0.100	0.036	0.060
Proximity	−0.077	−0.030	−0.176*
Office comfort	0.023	0.135	0.144*
Office use
- Interaction	0.078	0.085	0.168*
- Distraction	−0.282**	−0.176*	−0.110
- Desk-switching	0.008	0.074	0.210**
- Claiming	−0.086	−0.103	−0.0.37
Possibility to telework	−0.015	0.020	−0.006
ICT access	0.091	0.076	0.155*
Individual control variables
Demographics
- Age	0.106	0.109	0.277**
- Gender	Z = −0.354**	Z = −0.131	Z = −0.767
- Education level	0.046	−0.066	−0.064
- Household composition	0.050	−0.024	0.061
Personality
- Extraversion	0.121	0.221**	0.263**
- Agreeableness	0.087	0.212**	0.198**
- Conscientiousness	0.061	0.188*	0.225**
- Neuroticism	−0.202**	−0.150*	−0.314**
- Openness	0.015	0.231**	0.158*
Work-related variables
- Job Rank	Z = −0.218	Z = −0.036	Z = −0.133
- Work experience	0.038	0.052	0.339**
- Activities_concentration	−0.039	0.112	0.083
- Activities_informal interaction	0.097	0.191**	0.080
- Activities_formal interaction	0.028	0.307**	0.010
Situational variables
Recognition	0.228**	0.297**	0.146*
Overload	0.365**	0.106	−0.037
Control	0.130	0.196**	0.370**
Appreciation	0.054	0.367**	0.290**

Notes:

** = significant at 0.01 level; * = significant at 0.05 level.

A test on interrelationships between the three BEC dimensions showed two correlations to be significant: between the individual and interpersonal strain (0.419**) and between the self-evaluation and interpersonal strain (0.289**). The correlation between individual strain and self-evaluation strain was not significant. As Maslach and Leiter (1997) did assume relations between all three strains, we stick to including all three relations in the path model, with arrows in both directions

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