Participation, Employment Status, and Burnout : Is Participation Needed Just for Regular Full-time Employees?

The relationship among employee participation, employment status, and burnout was examined using a survey of 353 hospital nurses. The hypothesis that employee participation was inversely related to burnout (exhaustion and depersonalization) was supported. The other hypothesis on the same inverse relationship between employee participation and burnout for regular full-time, part-time, and temporary employees was also supported, though participation levels among part-time and temporary nurses were reported lower. The major implication of this study is that organizations can benefit by providing participation opportunities for part-time and temporary as well as full-time employees