Burnout among Public Sector Bank Managers: An Analysis Using the Dualistic Model of Passion

The purpose of this study was to analyze the role of passion for work (harmonious and obsessive) in burnout (exhaustion, cynicism, and professional efficacy) using the dualistic model of passion. The sample consisted of 200 middle level managers from various branches and offices of Public Sector banks in the tricity of Chandigarh, Mohali, and Panchkula. Passion Scale (Vallerand et al., 2003) and Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS: Schaufeli, Leiter, Maslach&Jackson, 1996) were used to measure passion for work and burnout respectively. The results revealed that harmonious passion was negatively related to exhaustion, cynicism and positively correlated with professional efficacy, while obsessive passion was positively related to exhaustion, cynicism and negatively correlated with professional efficacy. Exhaustion and cynicism were found to be significantly lower than professional efficacy among managers in the Public Sector banks.