Burnout among private and public universities’ academic staff : a comparative study

الملخص EN

he aim of this study is to compare burnout experience among academic staff in public and private universities.

The sample consists of (366) academic staff members at the universities.

A modified version of Maslach Burnout Inventory was used.

The results show that the academic staff member in public universities experience more burnout.

The results reveal also that the less experience the academic staff member has, the more he experiences burnout.

No differences between single and married academic staff in experiencing burnout, and no differences in experiencing burnout between Ph.D holders and Master degree holders, but younger academic staff members has experience more burnout than older academic staff.