Keywords
Manufacturing enterprises
Influencing factors
Intervention measures
Submitted : 2025-07-15
Accepted : 2025-07-30
Published : 2025-08-14
Abstract
Job burnout is a prevalent issue among production line employees in manufacturing enterprises, impacting individual well-being, corporate productivity, and sustainable social development. This paper systematically reviews current research on job burnout by analyzing relevant domestic and international literature. First, the concept of job burnout is defined, and relevant theories—such as Maslow’s hierarchy of needs—are analyzed. Second, measurement tools for job burnout are summarized, and influencing factors are examined from individual characteristics, job characteristics, and organizational characteristics. Additionally, the study examines job burnout among production line workers by focusing on their unique work environment in manufacturing enterprises. In addition, focusing on the special working environment of production line employees in manufacturing enterprises, the burnout status of them was analyzed. Finally, intervention measures for job burnout among manufacturing employees are summarized, including technical training, job rotation, and other approaches.
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