The International Journal of Informatics, Media and Communication Technology (Dec 2021)
The Relationship between Psychological Burnout and Job Satisfaction among Librarian in Qena: A" Field Study"
Abstract
The study aimed to identify the relationship between job satisfaction and psychological burnout for library workers in Qena. It also determined the level of both job satisfaction and psychological burnout for the study sample and the statistical semantic relationship between the study subject and demographic variables (gender, library type, and age). In order to achieve the study objectives, the descriptive analytical approach was used. Besides, the questionnaire was used as a tool for collecting data via applying two scales; the first one is the Minnesota scale (for job satisfaction); after making adjustments to it, and the second one is the Maslash scale (for burnout). The sample of the study consisted of (150) librarians in Qena (males and females), and dealt with different types of libraries (school, university, general, and specialized) which consist 10% of the total community. The results of the study showed a high level of job satisfaction among librarians in Qena with an average of (128. 04) and a standard deviation of (7.554). It also revealed that the study sample has psychological burnout with an arithmetic mean of (61.32), and that there is no correlation between job satisfaction and psychological burnout among library workers in Qena. In addition, the study marked the absence of statistically significant differences in all averages of the responses of library workers in Qena on all dimensions of the measures for both the psychological burnout and the job satisfaction; due to the variable of sex. It also showed the presence of statistically significant differences in each of: the psychological burnout according to the variable of library type at the level of (0.001); and the differences came in favor of the university libraries, and the existence of statistically significant differences in psychological burnout according to the age variable at the level of (0.001); and the differences came in favor of the age group of more than (51) year. In the light of the previous results, the researcher made several recommendations, including the following: the importance of detecting psychological burnout among library workers through its initial symptoms via performance and evaluation standards, and the need to define the tasks that librarians carry out and reduce the job burdens that they have on their shoulders
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