Buddhist Principles and Burnout Reduction: Is the Connection between Buddhism and Burnout Reduction Related to Increased Individual Work Performance?

Abstract

Burnout is related to all areas of the job and every level of the organization, all the way up to the managerial level. It is comprised of three aspects: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and diminished personal accomplishment, which is related to the reduction of individual work performance. Religions and faiths have influenced human attitude and personality and have been unconsciously absorbed by the young to adults and instinctively practiced in everyday life. Buddhist principles contain teachings that are related to work showing people how to think and behave with good deeds which have been described in these findings. The results were consistent with a view how of Buddhist principles affected the three dimensions of burnout which are related to the result of individual work performance increasing. The results are discussed in the context of a comprehensive approach to organizational management and can be used with HRM’s tool development.