Burnout among Public and Private Sector Managers

The present study was an attempt to find out differences regarding burnout among public and private sector managers. Atotal sample of 200 managers (100 males and 100 females) from different organizations of Delhi city included in the study. The data was collected by using Maslach Burnout Inventory developed by Maslach and Jackson (1981).The results revealed that there were significant differences regarding burnout among public and private sector managers. On the basis of mean it has been observed that private sector managers scored higher on the dimensions of the burnout such as emotional exhaustion and depersonalization as compared to public sector managers. On the other hand public sector managers have scored higher on personal accomplishment than private sectors. This shows that private sectors have high level of burnout as compared public sectors. Gender differences were found to be significant. When we look at the mean values we found that in private sectors males and females scored higher on emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and scored lower on personal accomplishment than public sectors. Males scored higher on emotional exhaustion while females scored slightly higher on depersonalization. It can be said that females experienced more cynical attitude but high level of personal accomplishment resulting low burnout in female comparison to males.