The correlation of job insecurity and burnout on employees: A field research for pharmaceutical sales representatives

ABSTRACTMaster? s ThesisThe Correlation of Job Insecurity and Burnout on Employees:A Field Research for Pharmaceutical Sales RepresentativesSelen ŞEKERDokuz Eylül UniversityGraduate School of Social SciencesDepartment of Labor Economics and Industrial RelationsHuman Resources ProgrammeJob insecurity as a concept appears more frequently as a result of changes in labour market and not applying whole-of-life employment in these days. The highest expectation of employees from the employers can be accepted as their wish to fell safe in return for their fidelity. When the employees? highest expectation is threatened, it will inevitable to experience the bad results either at individual or organizational scale.As one of these bad results that will be experienced at individual scale burnout is a concept that appears as a result of individuals? not being able to cope with job stress and it is termed as individuals? internal resources? running out . The concept that has been in literature since 1970s starts to appear more frequently as the job stress to which individuals are exposed increases. As it is clear from the description reflecting a negative state burnout causes bad results such as job insecurity at individual, organizational and social state.Job insecurity is dealt with the aspects of quantitative and qualitative job insecurity and burnout with the aspects of exhaustion and disengagement in the study. The aim is to bring up the the correlation of job insecurity and burn out and come to a conclusion. The stated correlation is introduced by analyzing the results of the survey that was applied to Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives, those of whom experience job insecurity most severely.Key Words: Job Security, Job Insecurity, Stress, Burnout.