Job burnout and its influencing factors among technical employees in enterprises / 中国职业医学

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the job burnout level and its influencing factors among technical employees in enterprises and to provide prevention and intervention measures. METHODS: Using the cross-sectional investigation method,849 mechanic employees in enterprises from 10 manufacturing companies in Guangdong province were selected as study subjects. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey was used to investigate their job burnout situation. RESULTS: Among the 849 technical employees in enterprises,the rate of job burnout was 65. 1%( 553 /849). The median and interquartile range of the job burnout total score,emotional exhaustion,cynicism,low sense of achievement scores were2. 6( 0. 9),2. 4( 1. 6),2. 0( 2. 0) and 3. 0( 1. 8) respectively. The binary logistic regression analysis results indicated that the risks of job burnout,emotional exhaustion and cynicism for the groups of employees who were not satisfied with their job and had no mental health education were increased( P < 0. 01). The risks of job burnout and low sense of achievement for the group of employees who didn't confide to others were increased( P < 0. 05). The risk of emotional exhaustion for the group of employees who ≤19. 0 years of age was increased( P < 0. 05). The risk of low sense of achievement for the male group of employees and who ≤2 years of seniority was increased( P < 0. 05). CONCLUSION: The main influencing factors of job burnout among the technical employees in enterprises are work satisfaction and psychological education experiences in technical schools. Thus,job satisfaction improvement as well as more experiences of psychological education in technical school can alleviate their job burnout.