Burnout of talented economics students
Authors
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Beatrix Séllei
AffiliationBudapest University of Technology and Economics Beatrix Séllei, PhD Assistant Professor, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Department of Ergonomics and Psychology, 1117 Budapest, 2 Magyar tudósok körútja, Bld. Q, wing „A” 0000-0002-4976-6053 She is a psychologist, trainer, and coach. Her research field is positive psychology in higher education, focusing on factors underlying students’ success and essential factors for drop-out prevention. She heads the Higher Education Laboratory at the Faculty of Management of Social Sciences at BME. All in her fields, she’s dedicated to improving the quality of higher education for engineering and management students.
Abstract
The burnout process can endanger anyone connected to our roles. If a student already burns out during the BSc studies, is less likely to pursue MSc and PhD studies, or is at risk of drop-out. The excellent BSc students at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics were examined in 2022-2023. A total of 235 outstanding BSc students completed the questionnaire. This report presents the results of students majoring in economics (n=16).
Students are in the upper, already burnt-out zone in each subscale, i.e., emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment scale measured with the Maslach Burnout Inventory.
There are gender differences and correlations with the hardness of scientific work or paid work activities. Students also provided qualitative data about their positive and negative experiences so that we could formulate suggestions for further action and prevention regarding teaching, curriculum, and infrastructure.
Keywords:
burnout, economics students, talented studentsCitation data from Crossref and Scopus
