title: The relationship between occupational stress, burnout, and turnover intention among managerial staff from a Sino-Japanese joint venture in Guangzhou, China.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to analyze the associations between occupational stress, burnout and turnover intention and explore their associated factors among managerial staff in Guangzhou, China.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study recruited 288 managerial employees from a Sino-Japanese joint venture automobile manufacturing enterprise in Guangzhou. The questionnaire included questions about sociodemographic characteristics, smoking, drinking and physical activity and the Chinese versio ns of the Occupational Stress Indicator (OSI), Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) and Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS). The response rate was 57.6%. Stepwise regression analysis was performed to examine the associations between burnout and occupational stress and turnover intention and related factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The respondents had a high level burnout on the personal accomplishment subscale and had a high prevalence of turnover intention. Neuroticism, psychoticism, job satisfaction, occupational stress and social support were strong predictors of emotional exhaustion. Psychoticism, passive coping, occupational stress, objective support, utilization of support, male gender and job satisfaction were strong predictors of depersonalization. Active and passive coping and job satisfaction were strong predictors of personal accomplishment. Job dissatisfaction and emotional exhaustion were strong predictors of turnover intention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High occupational stress and low job satisfaction were associated with high burnout, particularly in the emotional exhaustion and depersonalization dimensions. Low job satisfaction and high emotional exhaustion were associated with high turnover intention among employees. Personality traits, social support and coping style were also found to be associated with burnout.
authors.affiliation: Guangzhou Occupational Disease Prevention and Treatment Centre, Guangzhou NO. 12 Hospital, P.R.
authors.forename: Qiu-Hong
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chao-Qiang
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Tai Hing
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D016272:Occupational Health; D010563:Personnel Turnover / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012044:Regression Analysis; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data