In the event a positive correlation exists, the results of this study could suggest a manner of implementing administrative and operational changes to the counseling process designed to minimize this specific source of contributing to job burnout among professional vocational counselors. Research Design:

The primary experiment could be conducted by a quantitative comparison of the rates of job burnout among professional vocational counselors to the success of their clients. Secondary elements of this experiment could be conducted by a quantitative comparison of the rates of job burnout among counselors the success of whose clients are know to them against burnout rates among counselors the success...

Tertiary elements of this experiment could be conducted by a quantitative comparison of any positive correlation revealed in the primary inquiry with job burnout rates among the subset of those subjects who also know the relative success rates of their colleagues' clients.
Strengths and Limitations of the Experimental Design:

The principle strength of this proposed study is the ease with which the data lend themselves to objective analysis. The principle weaknesses of this proposed study is the fact that many counselors may not know enough about the success rates of their clients after counseling for there to be any relationship between the variables.