Work Burnout and Performance of Church Ministers in Uganda

The study examined the relationship between Work Burnout and performance of Church Ministers in Namirembe Diocese. The specific objectives included to; determine the effect of exhaustion on performance, establish the effect of depersonalisation on performance, assess the effect of personal accomplishment on performance of church ministers.This paper focused on the effect of personal accomplishment on performance. The study adopted a correlational and cross sectional research design and collected data using the self-administered questionnaire. The sample size of 41 respondents were drawn from a study population of 80. Probability and non-probability sampling methods were employed that included simple random sampling and purposive sampling. Data was analysed using SPSS to generate frequency, percentages, mean, standard deviation, correlations and regression. The correlational results revealed that there is a moderate positive significant relationship between personal accomplishment and performance (r = 0.466**, p=0.002, N=41). The findings proved that church ministers who do not have diminished personal achievement effectively and efficiently perform their duties. The church need to take measures to increase the church ministers desire for personal accomplishment through training and refresher courses, goal setting, career development, and promotion among other personal development strategies.