Abstract

Burnout is a person’s separation from the original mean of and the aim of his/her job. In this study we aimed to determine the burnout status of employees who were working at the factories and regional directorate of State Railways in Ankara. The study was applied at the wagon-locomotive care and repair, Ankara railway factories and 2nd Regional Directorate with an enrollment of 560 workers, on the date of March 2005. Maslach Burnout Inventory was used in order to determine the burnout status of workers. Emotional exhaustion scores of women, 39 years and younger workers, college or higher school graduates, white collar workers and chiefs are statistically higher than their counterparts (p

Key words: burnout, Maslach Burnout Inventory, worker, employee

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