*Corresponding author: Constantinos Halkiopoulos
Entrepreneurship & Digital Innovation Laboratory, Department of Management Science and Technology, University of Patras,
Greece
ISSN: 0976-3031
Research Article
ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIORAL DATA IN BUSINESS BURNOUT DURING ECONOMIC
UPHEAVAL IN GREECE
Constantinos Halkiopoulos, Hera Antonopoulou and Evgenia Gkintoni
Entrepreneurship & Digital Innovation Laboratory, Department of Management Science and Technology,
University of Patras, Greece
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2020.1101.5076
ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT
In this research paper presents the Evaluation of burnout Index professionals working in both the
private and public sector, amid the economic upheavalin Greece. Data were collected by filling
working adults aged 18 years and above through a questionnaire which is designed to measure
burnout at work (Maslach Burnout Inventory - MBI). This questionnaire measures three dimensions
of burnout: (1) Emotional Exhaustion, (2) Depersonalization, (3) Personal Accomplishment.
Subsequently, selected data for analysis by adding additional parameters such as gender, age,
education, occupation and birth / residence. Then an appropriate pretreatment provided as input to a
special software and Machine Learning Data Mining (R) to generate patterns and inference rules. In
conclusion, the results obtained by weighting and criteria basis, evaluate and present adult rates,
which in turn analyze the degree of burnout.
INTRODUCTION
The Greek economy situation today is characterized
particularly unfavorable. One of the areas most affected
significantly by the current reality is the workplace, with many
people losing their jobs and are unable to meet basic survival
needs. Thus, it is understood that the economic downturn and
its impact affecting both physical and mental health. The
economic upheaval seems to exert a direct influence on
people's behavior, in the event of stress, insecurity and
uncertainty about the future, and anger expression for the
perpetrators of the situation in which the country found.
A major issue goes with an economic upheaval and burnout.
This phenomenon has been addressed in recent decades many
disciplines, such as psychology, sociology, economics as well
as the impact on the worker is very important, both for himself
and for the business in which they work. The study of the
factors affecting it now becomes imperative, given that stress
at work plays a very important role in the onset, progression
and deterioration of various conditions related to mental
health, this phenomenon deserves special attention.
Literature Review
Figure 1 The Job Demands-Resources model
Most theories describing the causes that generate the burnout,
based on two concepts, which is the "demand" and "supply" of
the worker and the work environment to him. Specifically, we
could say that the employee when starting his professional
activity brings to the area of his work knowledge, skills and
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Vol. 11, Issue, 02 (B), pp. 37247-37251, February, 2020
Copyright © Constantinos Halkiopoulos, Hera Antonopoulou and Evgenia Gkintoni, 2020, this is an open-access article
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DOI: 10.24327/IJRSR
CODEN: IJRSFP (USA)
Article History:
Received 6
th
November, 2019
Received in revised form 15
th
November, 2019
Accepted 12
th
January, 2019
Published online 28
th
February, 2020
Key Words:
Behavioral Data, Burnout, Business, MBI,
Economic Upheaval, Data Mining, R