Leadership styles and burnout syndrome: an empirical study

Abstract

This research aimed to establish the relationship between the different leadership styles and their influence over burnout syndrome. It was made an analysis of the relationship between the different styles of leadership supported the model of full-range leadership and burnout syndrome in a sample of individuals who work in different service companies in Castellon, Spain. In this study participated 70 employees mostly women with an average age of 39- 63 years old. Leadership Questionnaire CELID-S and MBI-GS were used to assess leadership styles and burnout respectively; then the data collected through the surveys were analyzed in SPSS 20 statistical package. The results support the idea that transformational leadership and transactional leadership lesser extent negatively influences on burnout, while laissez faire leadership affects the opposite way. More concrete analyses through stepwise lineal regression methods revealed that regarded to burnout syndrome , charisma was the factor that best predicted, negative, emotional fatigue and exhaustion and depersonalization or cynicism, while management by exception was the only factor which contributed positively to personal fulfillment.