Financial Risk Tolerance and Burnout Relation: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Sector Study
Abstract
This study examines the relationship between financial risk tolerance and burnout with its subscales emotional exhaustion (EE),
depersonalization (DEP), and personal accomplishment(PA) on the information and communication technology (ICT) sector
employees. In this study, Grable and Lytton Financial Risk Tolerance and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Scales are used. In
additionto this relationship investigation, how financial risk tolerance attitudes change with demographic characteristicsis also
analyzed in this field study. The result of this study shows that there is relation betweenfinancial risk tolerance and burnout
with its emotional exhaustion (EE) subscale. Moreoverto this, it is also attained that financial risk tolerance increases with the
education level and income. In addition to this, depersonalization is greater in single than inmarried, in other words singles are
more prone to depersonalization than married.
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Primary Language
Turkish
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Research Article
Publication Date
April 1, 2016
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Year 1970 Volume: 8 Number: 2