EFFECTS OF PRESENTEEISM SYNDROME ON EMPLOYEES’ BURNOUT LEVELS

• Main Authors: M. Halit YILDIRIM, Muhammet SAYGIN, Şerife UĞUZ
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Social Sciences Research Society 2014-01-01
• Series: International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies
• Online Access: http://www.sobiad.org/ejournals/journal_IJSS/arhieves/IJSS-2014_1/m_halit.pdf

Although employees in an organization are forced togo to work, they aresometimes unable to work due to the lack of their physical and psychologicalhealth. Being at work physically and taking part inthat environment cannot beinferred as employees are actually ready for the organizational tasks mentally.This turns out the lack of efficiency and is defined as presenteeism. One of theother situations preventing efficiency is known asburnout syndrome ofemployees. This syndrome, frequently seen in all kinds of organizations, is arecognized disorder of employees which is referringto a long-term exhaustion.Therefore, organizations can only remain powerful as long as they provide asuitable work climate and recruit well-trained healthy employees. In this study,the effects of presenteeism syndrome on employees’burnout levels are analyzed.In order to collect the required data, Stanford Presenteeism Scale and MaslachBurnout Scale are used. 136 employees working in both public and private banksin Konya province have been included to the research. This study is thought tocontribute to the new studies as the subject matters have only recently found aplace in related management field.