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. 2000 Nov 1;91(6):454–458. doi: 10.1007/BF03404828

Job Stress and Burnout Among Canadian Managers and Nurses: An Empirical Examination

Muhammed Jamal 1,✉, Vishwanath V Baba 1
PMCID: PMC6980137  PMID: 11200738

Abstract

This study examined the relationship of job stress with burnout and its three dimensions (emotional exhaustion, lack of accomplishment and depersonalization), job satisfaction, organizational commitment and psychosomatic health problems. Data were collected by means of a structured questionnaire from Canadian managers (N=67) and nurses (N=173). Pearson correlation and moderated multiple regression were used to analyze the data. Job stress was significantly correlated with overall burnout and its three dimensions and job satisfaction in both samples. In the nursing sample, job stress was also significantly correlated with psychosomatic health problems and organizational commitment. Moderated multiple regression only marginally supported the role of gender as a moderator of stress-burnout relationship.

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