A comparative study of job burnout, job involvement, locus of control and job satisfaction among banking employees of kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The present investigation was undertaken to explore the degree of job burnout, job involvement, locus of control and job satisfaction of male and female bank employees working in different banks in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The sample consisted of 274 employees selected randomly from various banks. A set of tools containing Job Burnout (Maslach and Jackson,1981), Job Involvement Scale (Lodhal and Kejner,1965), Rotter's Locus of Control (1971), and Job Satisfaction (Singh, 1987) with biographical information blank were distributed to the bank employees to respond as per the instructions. The data were analyzed by means of t- test to see the differences between the comparison groups. The major findings of the present research revealed that: (i) Male bank employees were found more burnout with their job than female employees, (ii) Female bank employees were found significantly more involved in their job than male counterparts, (iii) male and female banking employees were not differ significantly in terms of internal locus of control, (iv) female bank employees were found more externally controlled in their job than male counterparts and (v) Female bank employees were found significantly more satisfied with their job than male employees. Suggestions and implications were also discussed.