WORK CLIMATE PREDICTOR OF LEVELS OF BURNOUT SYNDROME IN UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS

Rosario Yslado Méndez¹*, Roger Norabuena Figueroa², José Arquero Montaño³ Edwin Ramírez Asis⁴, María García Figueroa⁵, Frank Nivin Aguedo⁶,

¹Dra. in International Education, Principal professor of the National University Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo, Perú, email: ysladomx@yahoo.com.mx
²Dr. in statistics, Associate profesor of the National University Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo, Perú, email: nfrpedro_12@hotmail.com
³Dr. of Business Administration, Associate Professor of the University of Seville, Spain, email: arquero@.us.es
⁴Mg. in Administration, Associate profesor of the National University Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo, Perú, email: heramirez8@hotmail.com
⁵Lic. in Administration, Associate profesor of the National University Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo, Perú, email: mgarcia@fatunasam.com
⁶Systems engineer, administrative staff of the National University Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo, Perú, email: fjnivin@gmail.com
*Corresponding author

Abstract

The burnout syndrome is an occupational health problem related to organizational variables, such as work climate, performance, productivity and others. Objective: To analyze the functional relationship between the work climate and the burnout syndrome in the professors of the National University Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo (UNASAM). Method: Study quantitative, descriptive, correlational and transversal. The sampling was stratified with allocation proportional to the 11 faculties of the university, made up of 206 professors, men (79.6%) and women (20.4%), named (80.1%) and contracted (19.9%). The survey was used and as instruments, the Burnout Questionnaire for university teachers adapted from Burnout Inventory of Maslach and Jackson (1997) done by Arquero and Donoso (2013), and the Work Climate Scale of Palma (2004), both with reliability, validity of content and construct adequate. Results: The work climate is considered average (score = 138, 8  points); likewise the majority of the teachers presents average burnout level. (score = 115,8 points). Through the model of structural equations (MES), it was found that the work climate and its five factors is a predictor of the levels of burnout syndrome and its three dimensions. The supervisory factor is directly related to the depersonalization dimension. Conclusions: There is a relationship negative significant between the work climate and the burnout syndrome among UNASAM teachers. When comparing the levels of the work climate and the levels of burnout, according to the sociodemographic variables, no significant differences were found; but to have several remunerated works generates major levels of burnout. The study suggests possible interventions, computer applications and new research.

Keywords: Work climate, burnout, predictor, university professors