Ojedokun, Oluyinka AkanmuIdemudia, Erhabor Sunday2016-08-062016-08-062014Ojedokun, O.A. & Idemudia, E.S. 2014. Burnout among paramilitary personnel in Nigeria: a perspective from conservation of tesources theory. South African Journal Of Psychology, 44(1):106-117. [http://sap.sagepub.com/content/by/year]http://hdl.handle.net/10394/18169http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246313516256The job demands–resources model attributed burnout to incompatibility between job demands and job resources, and underplayed the role of personal resources in employees’ adaptation. Based on the Conservation of Resources Theory, this study proposes the inclusion of personal resources as predictors of burnout. A cross-sectional survey design was employed to gather data from 256 paramilitary personnel in Nigeria. Participants’ ages ranged from 19 to 65 years (M = 35.03 years, standard deviation [SD] = 8.55 years). Data were collected using measures of emotional intelligence, self-efficacy, organization-based self-esteem, optimism, and burnout. Results confirmed the joint influence of psychological resources on burnout. Emotional intelligence, self-efficacy, organization-based self-esteem, optimism, and tenure were found to have a significant influence on burnout. The findings suggest that organizations should be able to minimize burnout among their employees by increasing their adaptive capacities through appropriate training and development workshops.enBurnoutConservation of Resources TheoryNigeriaparamilitary personnelPsychological resourceSArticle