Job burnout and its relationship to job performance A case study on the Faculty of Economics, Sirte University, Libya

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the level of prevalence of the phenomenon of job burnout as perceived by faculty members at the Faculty of Economics at Sirte University - Libya, and it showed the level of its relationship to job performance, identifying the reasons for its spread, and ways to treat or control it. The case study mode was applied in order to obtain the information about the study population. This study was conducted on a sample consisting of about (45) members of the teaching staff from the Faculty of Economics at Sirte University. Information about the study population, which was singled out as dealing with: the first part represented by job burnout in its three dimensions (job exhaustion, low level of achievement, and dulled feelings), while the second part dealt with job performance. The information or data were processed by the statistical program (SPSS). The analysis of the results showed through a set of statistical analyzes including (the arithmetic mean, the standard deviation, and the Pearson correlation coefficient) and other analyzes that help to reach the goals of the study. The results of the study showed a set of results, the most important of which is the presence of a direct correlation of job burnout at the level of job performance, It showed a direct correlation to the low level of achievement at the level of job burnout, in addition, a positive correlation to the dullness of feelings at the level of job performance, and the study also found a relationship to burnout at the level of job performance.