Abstract

MAGANA MEDINA, Deneb Elí  and  SANCHEZ ESCOBEDO, Pedro Antonio. Burnout in mexican’s researchers. Interam. j. psychol. [online]. 2008, vol.42, n.2, pp. 353-362. ISSN 0034-9690.

The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of burnout on researchers of Yucatan, Mexico, also to describe their view prevailing of institutional conditions. A questionnaire was administered to 109 researchers to measured the 3 dimensions of the Burnout. The questionnaire contain a section of open questions for evaluate his perception about the institutional conditions and its labor situation. Results indicated a relative absence of this syndrome, although some risks were identified among workers that have between 10 and 20 years in their institution. Qualitative information collected, suggested that some factors related to stress in these researchers was the multiple roles demanded, the lack of consolidated groups to work with, the lack of administrative infrastructure and the systems of continuous evaluation they must undergo.

Keywords : Burnout; Researchers; Evaluation.

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