PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING OF PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES: THE ROLE OF BURNOUT DIMENSIONS

Abstract

Psychological wellbeing is an important factor in reducing the risk of burnout, especially among employees in the public sector. This study explores the relationship between psychological wellbeing and burnout in civil servants. A total of 553 Indonesian government employees participated in the study, aged 23–58 years (M = 39.40, SD = 9.59). Psychological wellbeing was measured with the Indonesian version of the PERMA Profiler, and burnout was assessed with the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). A Shapiro–Wilk test showed that the data were not normally distributed, so non-parametric statistics were applied. Spearman’s correlations indicated that wellbeing was negatively associated with emotional exhaustion (ρ = −0.43, p < .001) and cynicism (ρ = −0.44, p < .001), and positively associated with personal accomplishment (ρ = 0.46, p < .001). These findings suggest that employees with higher psychological wellbeing report fewer burnout symptoms and greater professional efficacy, supporting the value of wellbeing as a psychological resource in public-sector workplaces.