Peculiarities of Professional Burnout of Police Organization Managers with Different Experiences of their Service Activities

Abstract

One of the professional problems of police organization managers is professional burnout syndrome. Since the managers work in the field of “man-to-man”, they have many chances to get into the “risk group”. This problem can be aggravated considering the length of their management experience. The article aims to investigate the peculiarities of professional burnout syndrome manifestation in police organization managers with different experiences of their service activities. The research covered 102 managers (35-45 years old) of police organization with different experiences in management environments. Several psycho-diagnostic techniques were applied to determine the components of mental burnout of managers, and to study the level of their professional burnout as well as subjective well-being. It was found that a long period (experience) of management activities of police organization managers results in fatigue, decreased working capacity, decline in motivation to work, somatic changes, and destructive manifestations. It was found that the phenomenon of professional burnout is not very common for managers with up to 5 years of experience. Instead, the greatest development of professional burnout in managers (with the experience of 10 years or over) is manifested precisely through the severity of such components as “psycho-emotional exhaustion” and “personal alienation”. Awareness of the above features will allow us to develop practical recommendations to prevent professional burnout syndrome depending on the degree of its manifestation and the experience of police organization managers, which will contribute to the effectiveness of their service and prolong their professional longevity.