The Impact of Occupational Stress and Burnout Among Employees of Different Age Groups on Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain

The main objective of this paper is to investigate the effects that occupational stress and symptoms of burnout have on employees of different age groups and analyze the impact of occupational stress, symptoms of burnout, and age on the perceived job satisfaction of the employees. This research has adopted a quantitative research method that included a survey of employees in two different age groups: younger employees (40 years old and below) and older employees (41 years old and above). SPSS is the software used to analyze the survey data. The result showed that there are significant differences in the emotional symptoms of burnout between the younger and older employees. However, no significant differences were found between the two age groups for occupational stress, physical symptoms of burnout, and behavioral symptoms of burnout. Results also showed that both occupational stress and emotional symptoms of burnout have a significant effect on the employees' job satisfaction, whereas age, behavioral symptoms of burnout, and physical symptoms of burnout were found to have no effect on job satisfaction.