AMOUNT OF WORK, PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND PARANOID IDEATION AS PREDICTORS OF BURNOUT AMONG BREWERY EMPLOYEES

Abstract

The need to identify factors which can make brewery employees vulnerable to burnout led to examine if amount of work, social support, and paranoid ideation would predict burnout. A sample of 53 brewery employees from two Breweries situated in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria participated in the study. Their age ranged from 21 to 47 years, with a mean age of 36.32 and a standard deviation of 7.27. They were administered Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Index of Organizational Reactions (IOR), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), and Symptom Distress Checklist – 90 (SCL – 90). Multiple Linear Regression statistic was used to analyze the three hypotheses postulated. Result revealed that workload and paranoid ideation positively predicted burnout whereas social support did, but negatively. Accordingly, brewery employees and the management should maintain and improve on their sources of social support so as to not become vulnerable to burnout experience. Experience