Psychological Capital, Work Engagement, and Job Burnout of Employees in a Printed Media Company in Bangkok

The objectives of this research were to study: 1) the level of employees’ psychological capital, work engagement, and job burnout; 2) the relationship between psychological capital and work engagement with their job burnout; and 3) the influence of their psychological capital and work engagement as a predictor of their job burnout. The samples of the research comprised 175 employees in a printed media company in Bangkok. The data were collected through questionnaires. The results of this research showed that: 1) the employees’ psychological capital and work engagement were found to be at a high level while their job burnout was at a low level, 2) their psychological capital and work engagement were negatively related to their job burnout at the .01 significance level, and 3) their work engagement could statistically predict their job burnout around 29.0 percent at the .001 significance level.