Chen Jianwu
School of Business and Management, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou, Fujian, 362021, China
Zhang Xiangqian
School of Business and Management, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou, Fujian, 362021, China
ABSTRACT
As a kind of extreme phenomenon of negative stress, job burnout is eroding the physical and psychological health of the R and D employees in the high-tech enterprises. The empirical results show that the R and D employees in the high-tech enterprises remain some degree of job burnout. The level of the R and D employees job burnout is remarkably different in the demographic variables, such as the length of service and their position. Pay-reward imbalance, unfair appraisal, incompetence, lack of work autonomy and career development are the main work stressors experienced by the R and D Employees which have significant positive correlation with job burnout. To some extent, organizational support has affected the level of the R and D employees job burnout. So, the managers may effectively reduce the level of the R and D employees job burnout by establishing a fair appraisal system, improving the R and D employees reward, helping the R and D employees to grow professionally and providing support to the R and D employees.
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Chen Jianwu and Zhang Xiangqian, 2013. Effecting Mechanism of Work Stress on the R and D Employees Job Burnout in the High-tech Enterprises. Journal of Applied Sciences, 13: 4099-4106.
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.4099.4106
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.4099.4106
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.4099.4106
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.4099.4106
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