Influence Of Perceived Organizational Support And Self Efficacy On Burnout Among Nurses

ABSTRACT

The study investigated influence of perceived organizational support and self efficacy on

burnout among nurses. Two hundred and nine (209) nurses from Federal Medical Centre

Umuahia participated in the study. Among them were 2 males and 207 females. The

Perceived Organizational Support Scale, General Self Efficacy Scale and Maslach

Burnout Inventory were used to elicit the participants’ responses on burnout. A crosssectional

survey design was employed and 2-way ANOVA was used to test the two

hypotheses. The result showed a significant difference on burnout between nurses with

perceived low organizational support and those with perceived high organizational

support F (1, 205) = 14.62, P