The evidence linking burnout and related concepts to job
withdrawal behaviors such as turnover and absenteeism is
stronger than the evidence for job performance, if still qualified.
(Mowday, Porter, and Steers, 1982) The Berkeley Planning
Associates (1977) found their measure of burnout (alienation)
to be correlated with turnover but not with absenteeism in a
sample of child protective workers. Pines et. al. (1981) found
their burnout or tedium measure to be correlated with tardiness
in one sample and with tendency to leave the job in a number of
others. Maslach and Jackson (1981) reported that different
subscales of their burnout inventory were related to coworker
ratings of the frequency of breaks taken from work and with
absenteeism among mental health workers; the full inventory
was related to intentions to leave the job among police officers
and social security employees