AbstractsMedical & Health Science

This exploratory study focused on four small non-profit, grassroots health/social service agencies and their staffs, in terms of specific organizational variables and burn-out. The three organizational variables in this study were: decision-making, development, and self-control. Burn-out was measured by emotional exhaustion, negative feelings, and job satisfaction. The hypothesis explored in this study was: those agencies in which staff have decision-making power, development opportunities and self-control within -their jobs will experience less burn-out than staffs which do not have decision-making, development, and/or self-control opportunities. An attempt was made to involve agencies with different organizational structures. (See more in text.)