000149788 001__ 149788 000149788 005__ 20250411150809.0 000149788 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1177/14680173241312764 000149788 0248_ $$2sideral$$a142203 000149788 037__ $$aART-2025-142203 000149788 041__ $$aeng 000149788 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-3695-2850$$aRomero-Martín, Sandra$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000149788 245__ $$aFeminization and burnout among female social workers 000149788 260__ $$c2025 000149788 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000149788 5203_ $$aSummary Feminization has been and continues to be a characteristic of social work: it has played a role in the profession's lower status. Despite the similarities between feminism and social work, the profession tends to perpetuate systemic structures of gender inequality. These structural features can increase overload and burnout among female social workers. Our study applies the gender perspective to an analysis of the social work profession. It seeks to ascertain the level of burnout of female social workers in Aragon (Spain), the possible determinants that generate it and some preventive strategies identified in the discourse of professionals. We applied a sequential mixed method, combining a quantitative analysis of burnout via the distribution of questionnaires to a sample of 305 active social workers in Aragon (Spain), with the qualitative analysis of the discourse of 42 professionals in interviews and discussion groups. For the analysis, we followed the theoretical approach of communicative methodology. Findings This study concludes that there is a greater degree of burnout and workload among female professionals, a general underrepresentation of women in managerial positions, and a perception that their interventions are undervalued. Applications This work seeks to show some of the structural gender differences that still exist in the profession. In addition, from the understanding of the levels of burnout of female social workers as well as the structural and labour elements that can condition its appearance, this article aims to contribute to the approach to professional care in organizations from a gender perspective. 000149788 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 000149788 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000149788 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-0937-4861$$aElboj-Saso, Carmen$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000149788 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-4530-9645$$aÍñiguez-Berrozpe, Tatiana$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000149788 7102_ $$14009$$2775$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Psicología y Sociología$$cÁrea Sociología 000149788 7102_ $$14009$$2813$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Psicología y Sociología$$cÁrea Trabajo Social y Serv.Soc 000149788 773__ $$g(2025), [22 pp.]$$pJOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK$$tJOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK$$x1468-0173 000149788 8564_ $$s311999$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/149788/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000149788 8564_ $$s1382752$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/149788/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000149788 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:149788$$particulos$$pdriver 000149788 951__ $$a2025-04-11-15:05:16 000149788 980__ $$aARTICLE