Relationship of Learned Resourcefulness and Burnout Levels: A Research in an Industrial Enterprise

The purpose of this paper is to uncover the relationship between employee learned resourcefulness and burnout levels. The research data was collected from employees of an industrial enterprise in Çanakkale-Turkey with a questionnaire of 58 items from 406 respondents in July-August 2016. Frequence, factor and regression analyses were conducted, thus it is supported that learned resourcefulness level of employees is negatively related to burnout levels. As conclusion, it is expected that employees with higher learned resourcefulness to be more prone to organizational difficulties. Also, employee resourcefulness supporting applications in organizations are propound to be beneficial in terms of efficacy

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Learned resourcefulness, burnout,

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