Antecedents of Job Burnout in Saudi Arabian Labor Market

Abstract

Job burnout has become one of the biggest concerns for employees in the Saudi labor market, especially with high work demand. Although many studies have addressed job burnout as a negative impact. However, a few studies were conducted for the Saudi Arabian labor market to study the job burnout antecedents. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of total reward and leadership as independent variables on job burnout, employee engagement as a mediator, and the correlation between all variables. The study was conducted on employees from all sectors and various industries in the Saudi employment market, including all nationalities. The data was collected using electronic questionaries, and there were 238 respondents. Moreover, the collected data was analyzed through descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviations, and correlation) along with applying reliability analysis to the data and finally performing path analysis. This study is useful for employers because it demonstrates that in order to get employees engaged, it is necessary to provide them with professional leadership and compensation to reduce job burnout.