The burnout in nursing academicians in Turkey

The purpose of this study was to determine the level of burnout in nursing academicians in Turkey and to investigate the variables which are strongly correlated with the burnout nursing education settings in Turkey. The sample of the study consisted of the nursing academicians working in the schools of nursing at the different universities in Turkey. Although the total number of nursing academicians in Turkey was 179, the subjects who agreed to participate in the research was 135. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was used to measure burnout, after having been statistically tested for its validity and reliability in nursing education settings in Turkey. The multiple regression analysis was carried out in order to determine the main variables correlated with burnout, namely "the predictors" of each of the three components (emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), personal accomplishment (PA)) of burnout. The results indicated that the most significant predictor of EE was work-setting satisfaction, of DP was job pressure, and of PA was job satisfaction in nursing education settings in Turkey. Finally, these findings were compared with of those previous studies in the field. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.