A Study of Job Burnout of Factory Workers in Relation to their Age

Job burnout is a special type of job stress-a state of physical, emotional or mental exhaustion combined with doubts about the competence and the value of the work. In the present study, the researcher has attempted to study the effect of age on the job burnout of the factory workers. For this purpose, 100 factory workers (Male=50, Female=50) were selected as sample through random sampling method. Normative survey method was employed in this study. The collected data was analyzed through one way analysis of variance. The findings revealed that there was a significant difference in the job burnout of rural factory workers of age group of below 35 years, 36 to 50 years and above 50. Rural factory workers of age group of below 35 years had higher job burnout. On the other hand, no significant difference was found in the job burnout of urban, male and female factory workers of age group of below 35 years, 36 to 50 years and above 50.