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 cross-sectional 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<.001. The result revealed no significant difference on burnout between nurses with low self efficacy and those with high self efficacy. The interaction effect between perceived organizational support and self efficacy on burnout is significant F (1, 205) =4.30, P<.05. The findings of the study were discussed with reference to possible socio-cultural variables that can account for the results obtained. Implications and limitations were also discussed and suggestions for further studies are made.
