Thesis (M.A.)--Southern California College, 1986. / Bibliographical references: leaves 107-110.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Covenant Theological Seminary, 2006. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-147).

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between work-family conflict, stress and burnout among South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) employees. For this purpose data was collected from the SASSA agency offices in Alice, King Williams Town and East London. A sample of 72 agency employees was drawn from the population. Results of the study indicated that the study variables are significantly positively correlated with one another. Work family conflict was found to be significantly positively correlated with stress. Stress was also found to be significantly positively correlated with burnout. A significant positive relationship was also found to exist between work family conflict and burnout. The findings of this study are helpful in the social security agency industry in order to design human resources policies which will reduce turnover of agency employees by reducing stress, work family conflict and burnout among the agency employees.

Home carers working chiefly with older adults were invited to participate in the study. Fifty nine consented and completed the questionnaires. Data was collected on external stressors, mediating factors, and strain indices experienced by home carers in their workplace. Well established measures were used, the General Health Questionnaire, the Occupational Stress Inventory, the Ways of Coping Questionnaire (short-form), the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale, as well as a demographic questionnaire designed for the study. The results indicated that the majority of home carers experienced various aspects of their jobs as stressful, namely role demands but do not necessarily report strain. A range of coping strategies used by this group were assessed. As expected wishful thinking as a coping strategy was positively correlated with the emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation dimensions of burnout, reduced job satisfaction and general emotional mental health. Social support and problem-solving were also used as strategies, the success of social support was highlighted by the negative correlations found with the emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation dimensions of burnout, and positive correlations found with job satisfaction. The differences between the home carers sample and the norm groups on the job satisfaction scale, the burnout scale, and GHQ-12 indicated significant lower levels of burnout, equal levels of job satisfaction, and a significantly lower proportion of clinical caseness. The stressful aspects of the home carer work were discussed. Although care work was viewed as rewarding by many nevertheless some indicators of stress were present. It was conjectured that the deleterious effects of reported stress was being effectively mediated through use of the various constructive strategies, namely social support from family and colleagues. Limitations of the study are discussed both in terms of method used, the nature of the sample and the issues around the measure of stress and relevant moderators.

Burn-out is a wide concept and similar to other medical diagnoses and concepts, for example fatigue syndrome. In this study we chose to use burn-out. Burn-out unfortunately occurs both in the working life and the elite sport world, which brings very large consequences for both individuals and society. What does it take for a person to recover from burn-out? This study is about the recovery process from a burn-out among workers and elite athletes and how educated people work to help people in this condition. The results of this qualitative study show that it mostly is about recovery. A concrete concept is not available because of the difference between individuals, but methods exist.

M.A. (Social Science) / The work environment in which social workers are fulfilling their duties are today demanding more and more of them. These demands are different from those demands of other professions and is the result of the distinctiveness of the helping professions. Social workers boast that they are because of their work situation always in a state of emotional exhaustion. To this the literature refers as the burnout syndrome. Articles and research reports on the topic of burnout appeared in the past on a regular basis and are new articles and reports published regularly. A research study was undertaken to determine what the extent of burnout is in social workers and to determine if there are reason for the widespread claims that they are victims of the burnout syndrome. The aim was also to determine those factors that are involved in causing burnout. A literature study were undertaken with the aim to describe the burnout syndrome. The literature showed that burnout is a syndrome characteristic of the helping professions. The literature also describes specific elements by which burnout could be recognised. It further gave some indications of those factors that are instrumental in the development of burnout. A sample were selected, a questionnaire compiled and distributed with the aim to collect information on the appearance of burnout. The results of the study showed different results. The most important result that was established was the lack of high levels of burnout in the sample. Only a small percentage of the respondents displayed high levels of burnout. The results also indicated that work dissatisfaction, a lack of autonomy, role problems (role conflict and role ambuguity) related to high levels of burnout. A sample were selected, a questionnaire compiled and distributed with the aim to collect information on the appearance of burnout. The results of the study showed different results. The most important result that was established was the lack of high levels of burnout in the sample. Only a small percentage of the respondents displayed high levels of burnout. The results also indicated that workdissatisfaction, a lack of autonomy, role problems (role conflict and roleambuguity) related to high levels of burnout in respondents. The results of the study led to certain recommendations concerning the prevention of burnout in social workers.

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Research report MMed 10 December 2018 / Background: Burnout is a response to prolonged stress and consists of three elements: Emotional Exhaustion (EE); Depersonalisation (DP); and Personal Accomplishment (PA). Existence of burnout under doctors is often not acknowledged but has major consequences for personal and professional life. Only limited research done regarding prevalence of burnout amongst registrars in South Africa. Objectives: To describe the prevalence of burnout, and asses for relationships between burnout and socio-demographic factors. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive, internet survey was conducted. Respondents were registrars within the departments of the School of Clinical Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand. To measure burnout the Mashlach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was used. Relationships were assessed by independent samples t-test and ANOVA. Results: Of the 585 successfully delivered questionnaires, 201 registrars started the survey (response rate of 34%). 170 questionnaires were analysed. The mean age of the respondents was 33 years, the male to female ratio was 1:1.8. The average score for EE was 3,5 (SD1.2), for DP 2.7 (SD1.1) and for PA 4.1 (SD1.1). The overall level of burnout was 84%. None of the respondents scored low over all categories. No significant association between socio-demographics and MBI dimensions was found. Conclusion: The prevalence levels found in this study was higher than found in national and international literature. Extremely high levels of DP were found. This is worrisome as DP affects professionalism and engagement of doctors. In keeping with international literature no associations were found with socio-demographic factors and burnout, suggesting the cause of burnout should truly be sought out in the work environment. Efforts to improve autonomy in the workspace, development opportunities and promoting peer collaboration, are needed to prevent of burnout. / E.K. 2019

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