Abstract:
PURPOSE: To examine the level of role stress employees face at work place and the affect of
role related stress (role conflict, ambiguity and overload) on burnout and employees mental
health
METHADOLOGY: In this study survey method was adopted to collect the data. Web based
questionnaire was used to collect the data from the people easily available on the social sites.
Sample size of this study was 384 and sampling technique chosen was convenience sampling. To
analyze the results frequencies, regression and correlation was studied.
FINDINGS: The purpose of this study was to examine the affect of role related stress (role
conflict, ambiguity and overload) on burnout and employees mental health. 4 hypotheses were
generated for this study. Stress at work is not a new topic; however it is a great risk of person’s
wellbeing and prosperity than any time in recent memory before. According to the results
stressful environment and stress at work negatively affect the person. Due to stress, employees
physical and mental health is affected, employees feel depressed, annoyed and face many
diseases like heart attack, anxiety and migraine which lead to death. According to the results,
employees who face role stress in terms of over burden or ambiguity at their work feel more
burnout. Results also shows that Burnout has been related with different types of employment
withdrawal—truancy, goal to leave the activity, and genuine turnover.
PRACTICAL IMPLICATION: The outcome of this research is to point out the impact of
burnout on mental health
