Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Job Burnout in a Developing Country

Abstract

Burnout is an extensively research topic in the western society however in the developing country where HR policies are not so refined, employees and HR managers still face the problem of stress and burn out within employees. The current study was conducted in an effort to bring forth awareness in the organizational setting of the emergence of burnout in developing countries. It investigated the relationship between employee’s perceived burnout and their workplace related factors that are known to promote burnout. The major findings of the study signaled at the cultural differences. Analysis of management hierarchy with burnout showed that top managers are least likely to be burnout out as opposed to the lower hierarchal employees contradicting Cordes and Dougherty (1993). Another interesting result conflicting the burnout theory indicated that community was least likely related to emotional exhaustion and lack of personal efficacy (Maslach et al., 2001). Future recommendation and managerial implication are given.