Abstract:The current research aims to identify the nature of the relationship between balanced leadership in its dimensions (self-awareness, relationship management, and job stability) and job burnout in its dimensions (emotional exhaustion, Depersonalization, and Decreased personal accomplishment) among employees of the drinking water and wastewater company in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate. As well as identifying the extent of the difference between employees’ attitudes regarding feelings of job burnout in terms of their demographic characteristics (gender, age, educational qualification, and length of service). The research was based on a sample of 294 employees of the company under study, and the results showed that there was a significant and negative effect of balanced leadership in general and each dimension separately on the feeling of job burnout. It also showed that there were statistically significant differences between the categories of those surveyed in terms of the extent of the feeling of job burnout, according to Their demographic characteristics (age, academic qualification, and length of service), while the results showed that there were no differences between employees’ opinions regarding feelings of job burnout based on the gender variable only. Many recommendations and directions for future research were also presented.

Keywords:

Balanced leadership, job stability, job burnout, emotional stress