Which description best captures the JD-R-informed approach to burnout prevention?

• A. Optimizing workload while providing supportive leadership
• B. Increasing patient load with limited supervision
• C. Focusing only on individual coping strategies
• D. Eliminating supervision to promote autonomy

Answer: (C)

The JD-R model sees burnout as a result of high job demands paired with low job resources, so prevention aims to reduce demands and boost resources like supportive leadership, autonomy, feedback, and a supportive work environment. The description that best fits this approach is optimizing workload while providing supportive leadership. By adjusting workload, you lower unnecessary demands and stress, and with supportive leadership you strengthen resources that help people cope, recover, and stay engaged.

Focusing only on individual coping strategies misses the organizational side that the JD-R model emphasizes; coping skills help, but without reducing demands and increasing resources at work, burnout is unlikely to be prevented effectively. Increasing patient load with limited supervision raises demands and cuts available support, making burnout more likely. Eliminating supervision to promote autonomy may remove important resources and guidance; autonomy is valuable when paired with appropriate support, not as a stand-alone change.