A Study on the Effect of Burnout on Job Satisfaction: The Case of Textile Sector in the Province of Konya

Abstract

Burnout is a phenomenon that affects employees’ labor efficiency negatively and reduces their professional efficacy. Burnout has been a topic of investigation in many studies as a dependent or independent variable. In this study, in which the effect of burnout on job satisfaction will be investigated, burnout will be used as an independent variable whereas job satisfaction will be used as a dependent variable. Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) will be used to measure employees’ burnout dimension. The scale was developed by Maslach (1981) and adapted to Turkish and tested for validity and reliability by Ergin (1992). The scale consists of three sub-dimensions, namely emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a feeling of decrease in personal accomplishment, and 22 items. For job satisfaction, on the other hand, Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire will be used. This questionnaire was developed by Weiss et al. (1976) and its original (longer) form contains 100 statements. Its shorter version involving 20 questions will be used in this study. The study was conducted on 500 employees working in the textiles sector in the province of Konya and only 251 survey data could be used within the scope of the study. Statistical data were analyzed using SPSS 21.0 package software and some significant differences were found in terms of employees’ burnout and job satisfaction levels.