Maslach Burnout Inventory – General Survey: Factorial validity and invariance among Romanian healthcare professionals

• The three factor model of burnout was validated after removing one item from the cynicism scale.
• The 15 items model is invariant across professional role, gender, age, and organisational tenure.
• There are specificrelations between occupational factors and burnout dimensions.
• The specific relations between occupational characteristics and burnout dimensions are invariant across professional role, gender, age, and organisational tenure.

This study tested the dimensionality of the Maslach Burnout Inventory – General Survey (MBI-GS) on a sample of 1190 Romanian healthcare professionals from three county hospitals. Data provided evidence to support the hypothesised three-factor model after removing one item from the cynicism scale: χ2(86) = 432.29, CFI = .94, GFI = .95, NFI = .93, and RMSEA = .05. Results of multigroup analysis confirmed the invariance of the 15 items model across professional role, gender, age, and organisational tenure. Structural equation modeling results proved specific relations between occupational factors and burnout dimensions. Our results have practical implications for future research on burnout using the MBI-GS among samples of healthcare professionals.