Job Burnout of the Administrative Staff in Tunisia

The main aim of this research is to evaluate the prevalence of job burnout among a Tunisian administrative population. Burnout is a work-related syndrome which results from person's perception of a distress between the efforts made and the rewards that it receives (Friedman, 1995). In this regard, multiple studies, that address the topic of the worker's mental health, show that employees suffer more and more from exhaustion in their work (Lindblom & al, 2006; Beer, 2001; Alarcon, 2011). Thus, burnout plays a significant part in to increasing dissatisfaction (Wolpjn & al, 1991) and decreases engagement (Richardsen & al, 1992; 1993). To evaluate the level of job burnout we used Maslach and Jackson's questionnaire (1986) on a population composed of 208 civil servants of the Ministry of youth, sports, women and family in Tunisia. The data analysis of this research shows that the civil servants are suffering from a latent burnout. Our results also indicate that there is a significant difference between exhaustion of the administrative staff and gender. However, there is no group effect between seniority and burnout. Therefore, the burnout prevention must obviously among the prerogatives of the health public policy in Tunisia.