Title: The effect of technological unemployment anxiety on employee burnout

Authors: M. Çağrı Pehlivanoğlu; Mustafa Emre Civelek; Murat Taşova

Addresses: Business Administration Department, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Istanbul Kent University, Turkey ' Antalya Bilim University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Turkey ' Business Administration Department, Faculty of Business Administration, Istanbul Ticaret University, Turkey

Abstract: In this research, the effect of technological unemployment anxiety on employee burnout has been examined. Structural equation modelling method was chosen to analyse multidimensional models with both direct and indirect interactions. The hypotheses have been tested by using structural equation modelling method. As the result of the analyses performed, out of nine hypotheses, six of them were supported. It has been empirically proven that lack of technical skill has a direct effect on emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation, incremental technological improvements have a direct effect on all dimensions of burnout and emotional exhaustion is directly impacted by technological disruption. Although employee burnout is a subject that has been researched for years, this research is an original study investigating how the burnout perception of employees is affected within the framework of technological advances. Therefore, research demystifies the mechanism behind employee burnout linked to technological unemployment anxiety.

Keywords: technological unemployment anxiety; TUA; emotional exhaustion; depersonalisation; lack of personal accomplishment; employee burnout.

DOI: 10.1504/MEJM.2024.139578

Middle East Journal of Management, 2024 Vol.11 No.4, pp.382 - 398

Received: 06 Dec 2022
Accepted: 31 Jan 2023
Published online: 04 Jul 2024 *

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