A validação do Maslach Burnout inventory em língua portuguesa: um estudo exploratório

Abstract

Burnout, a widely studied phenomenon, has been defined as having a three dimension structure. In this study, the instrument was translated to Portuguese and afterwards the survey was applied in a financial institution. The instrument was submitted to a statistic validation with the use of factorial analysis - Equamax rotation and tests KMO and Barlett - opening the way to the comparison with Barnet works et al. (1999), Gil-Monte (2002), Jimenez (2002) and Maslach & Jackson (1986). It was identified a structure with five factors in the process of validation of Maslach Burnout Inventory opening new perspectives of analysis of this syndrome in the working place. The octagonal rotation did not confirm the factors predicted by Maslach and Jackson. This way the factors were called: 1 - Street in the workplace; 2 - Interpersonal relationship; 3 - Satisfaction in the workplace; 4 - Interest in the customer service; 5 - Apathy in the workplace.