Empleo público y Desgaste Profesional. Un Análisis desde las Características de la Tarea

Abstract

This paper discusses burnout related to tasks associated with public employment. A deliberate sampling of 147 public employees from the government institution of Mendoza, Argentina, was used. The results shown arise from the Maslach Burnout Inventory– General Survey (Schaufeli et al., 1996) and from a chart developed ad hoc about the characteristics of public employment. The results are a warning concerning the levels of burnout and cynicism found among employees. Regarding the characteristics of the tasks, the factors analyzed were workload, autonomy / motivation and boredom / job disadvantages. At an explanatory level, there were significant, predictive co-relations and relations between the effects of burnout and the specific characteristics of the tasks assigned. These results are a valuable contribution to the study of the quality of working life and of the psychosocial profile of those working for the State. They are, in turn, a tool to be considered to organize tasks, prevent psychosocial risk and re-define public employment. Received: 23/03/2017 Accepted: 15/08/2017 How to reference this article: Marsollier, R. (2016). Empleo Público y Desgaste Profesional. Un Análisis desde las Características de la Tarea. R evista Interamericana de Psicología Ocupacional , 35(2), 80-89. Doi: 10.21772/ripo.v35n2a03