Impact of servant leadership on burnout of the employees

Abstract

Burnout is the phenomenon that affects different facets of employees’ life such as mental and physical health. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the servant leadership of a leader and employees’ burnout. A sample of 72 employees, consisted of 47 males and 25 females is taken for study using random sampling method. Servant Leadership Survey (SLS) and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) were used to collect the data form the participants. Mean, Standard Deviation and correlation statistics techniques were used to analyse the collected data. Results obtained showed that relationship among the servant leadership, emotional exhaustion and depersonalization is not significant. But, the relationship between servant leadership and personal accomplishment of the male employees were significant. There was gender difference in the relationship of the servant leadership of leader and workplace burnout.