Research on the Psychological Capital and Job Burn-Out of Mechanical Engineers in Chinese Enterprises

Abstract:

This paper utilized questionnaires to conduct a research on a total of 160 mechanical engineers in five enterprises in Wuhan, China in search of the relationship between psychological capital and job burn-out of mechanical engineers. The result shows that the psychological capital and job burn-out are obviously negatively correlated. The elements of psychological capital such as self-efficacy, optimism, hope and toughness can negatively predict the elements of job burn-out such as emotional burn-out, depersonalization, and decreasing accomplishment. Enterprises of China should take measures such as psychological capital diagnosis, professional mindset training, work-family balance project, job transfer and career culture construction to develop the psychological capital of mechanical engineers and reduce job burn-out.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 971-973)
• Pages: 2394-2397
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.971-973.2394
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Zhao Hui Guo*
• Keywords: Job Burn-Out, Mechanical Engineers, Psychological Capital

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