Work Related Factors That Affect Burnout Among Accounting And Finance Academicians

Yıl 2008, Cilt: 10 Sayı: 4, 110 - 137, 01.12.2008

Melek Eker Adem Anbar

Öz

The purpose of this study was to measure the levels of burnout among academicians and to investigate the factors that affect burnout levels of academicians in Turkey. The data were obtained by using sociodemographic data form, Maslach Burnout Inventory and “work and work environment” scale from 160 academicians that have been working in accounting and finance sub-department in Faculties of Economics and Administrative Sciences in 78 public and private universities. In the analysis of data, descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), correlation analysis, factor analysis and logistic regression analysis were used. In this study, general burnout scores and subscales of burnout scores were found to be lower than other studies. The factor analysis of the 12 item “work and work environment” scale which has possible effects on burnout among academicians revealed four factors: Work environment, administrative workload, academic workload and promotion and evaluation. For determining the possible influence of factors which were revealed by factor analysis upon general burnout levels and burnout subscales, logistic regression analysis was used. Results of the logistic regression analysis indicated that the most significant predictor of burnout was the factor of work environment, followed by the factors of administrative workload, academic workload, and promotion and evaluation.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Burnout, academicians, factors affecting burnout, academic work and work environment

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