FEMALE ACADEMICIANS ARE BURNOUT IN PAKISTAN UNIVERSITIES?

Faisal Khan; Qaiser Khan; Arab Naz

Faisal Khan Department of Management Sciences, University of Swabi, KP Pakistan
Qaiser Khan Faculty of Management, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
Arab Naz University of Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Keywords: Emotional Exhaustion, Disengagement, Female Academicians, Oldenburg Burnout Inventory

Abstract

Burnout is the chronic perception of the academicians to cope the demands in the jobs. Burnout is a complex syndrome, which originated by physiological, behavioral, cognitive and situational pressures of more personal and stress factors. The study is an attempt to determine burnout in female academician and examine their relationship with organizational demands like workload. This study collected data from the survey questionnaire from 299 female respondents in universities. Burnout has been examined on Oldenberg Burnout Inventory (OLBI). The results of the study found that married female academicians have high levels of burnout and also significant relationships were found between the workload with emotional exhaustion and disengagement among the female academicians. The current study provides the practical implications and recommendations for future research.