Job Burnout is a different work-related stress syndrome portrayed by dimensions; emotional exhaustion, professional inefficacy, and cynicism. Earlier burnout research was centered on the human service professions such as nursing and teaching, where they are assumed to be the most exposed to experience burnout. However, burnout is not confined only to social service professions but spreads to other working professions such as banking employees and managers. This paper traces the evolution of job burnout. It addresses the factors and the outgrowths of job burnout and the intervention strategies to decrease or overcome it. It also presents the primary measurement of job burnout, the Maslach burnout inventory (MBI), the burnout Measure (BM), and the Oldenburg burnout inventory (OLBI). Lastly, the paper closes with a brief conclusion.

Emotional intelligence (EQ), as any set of abilities or skills has two sides, bright and dark ones. A person can employ their social abilities and high emotional skills for prosocial behavior or could use it in maladaptive ways to manipulate others to achieve self-centered outcomes. The current paper explores the relationship between emotional intelligence (EQ) and leadership through a literature synthesis. It discusses the dark side of emotional intelligence, the negative aspects of emotional intelligence. It also provides an overview of emotional intelligence and leadership concepts, and discusses the three primary constructs of emotional intelligence, their augmentation to the theory. Finally, it closes with hypothetical synopses of the leader's usage of emotional intelligence.

Background/Purpose: This study investigated the relationship between job burnout and counterproductive work behavior (CWB) among 307 employees drawn from various banks within Jordan. This study also examined the levels of job burnout and CWB with regard to gender, age, marital status, and education. Methodology: For data collection, the convenience sampling method is utilized to survey frontline bank employees. The Oldenburg Burnout Inventory scale, which assesses exhaustion, disengagement, and the CWB scale from the Individual Work Performance Questionnaire (IWPQ), were used for data collection. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science 25.0. Results: The study results suggest that there is a significant positive relationship between job burnout two dimensions and CWB. The research also shows that age, education, and marital status affect both job burnout and CWB. Nevertheless, gender was found to have a significant effect only on the disengagement dimension of job burnout. Further, the study implies that exhaustion and disengagement are vital predictors influencing CWB. Conclusion: With regard to the results, the phenomena of job burnout provide the means that can provoke deviant behavior in the workplace.

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the entrepreneurship development of Japan and comparing its performance against leading countries in the same region, mainly Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Research Design & Methods: We implement the Global Entrepreneurship Index GEI methodology, where the GEI methodology focuses on quality-related institutional and individual aspects of entrepreneurship. Moreover, we utilised a novel feature of the GEI the Penalty for Bottleneck PFB methodology to produce induction of which entrepreneurial elements should be addressed and how much effort needs it to lighten Japan bottleneck. Findings: Japan's entrepreneurial performance is relatively modest compared to some countries in the same region, especially in individual variables. Japan's entrepreneurial profile strengths are in the institutional features (e.g., country risk), while the instability in the profile back to individual variables (e.g., population perception and motivation). The country has three fundamental bottlenecks in its performance opportunity perception, start-up skills, and networking pillars. The GEI data used in the study only covers the 2006-2016 period. Japan should be focused on the three bottlenecks opportunity perception, start-up skills, and networking to improve its entrepreneurial performance by developing an education policy that focuses on entrepreneurship. Contribution & Value Added: This paper identifies the vulnerable aspects of Japan's performance by using a novel methodology that combines individual and institutional variables in a single model. Also, the use of (PFB) to detect which entrepreneurial components should be addressed. Article type: research article