Descriptive analysis of burnout dimensions: A study about the work of young learning

Abstract

Introduction: The literature indicates that young workers would be more susceptible to situations of pressure or stress that shake the human psyche, since this public is indicated as being more prone to oppressive and violent circumstances at work. Thus, the onset of suffering from work is frequent, leading to work-related pathologies or behavioral disorders related to work. Objective: To describe the dimensions of burnout syndrome discussed by the Maslach model in the context of young workers. Method: Characterized as exploratory, descriptive, field, quantitative, and using uni and bivariate descriptive statistical analysis to evaluate the responses obtained through the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Results: Through the MBI, it is pointed out that young people present high levels of professional achievement, which seems to encourage them to have low to medium indices also in the dimensions of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. Yet, although burnout syndrome itself has not been found, risky and propensity behaviors experienced by young people are remarkable. Conclusion: The present research did not identify similar results with current and more accessible studies on the subjects, which indicates the need for new research on the subject, in order to identify peculiar characteristics of the study population and to propose methods of measurement more specific and indicated to this context. The results indicate the need for intervention in companies in order to allow greater enrichment of the activities developed by young people, avoiding the emergence of situations that may lead to suffering at work.