Muhandisī-i bihdāsht-i ḥirfah/ī (Mar 2024)
Evaluating Factors affecting Job Burnout and Quality of Work Life in the Personnel Working in Iran\'s National Drilling Company
Abstract
Background and Objective: One of the characteristics of a healthy organization is that its employees' physical and mental health is given as much attention and interest by the organization's management as production and productivity. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the factors affecting job burnout and quality of work life in the personnel working in Iran's National Drilling Company. Materials and Methods: This research was conducted in a mixed (qualitative-quantitative) and survey method. The statistical population of the qualitative part included all the expert employees working in Iran's National Drilling Company. A total of 20 people were selected through the theoretical saturation method. In the quantitative part, out of 19,000 people, 385 people were selected by stratified random sampling method. The tools used to measure job burnout and quality of work life were the standard Moslesh questionnaire (1981) and Walton's quality of work life (1973), whose reliabilities were confirmed by Cronbach's alpha method. Results: The findings of the research showed that the intensity of emotional exhaustion, personality disorder, and personal inadequacy were 29.4%, 49.6%, and 17.6%, respectively. In addition, the quality of work life in the employees of the Iranian National Drilling Company in terms of fair and adequate payment was measured as 3.48 ± 0.991, safe and healthy environment 3.52 ± 0.021, providing growth opportunities 3.15 ± 0.184, legalism in the organization 3.19 ± 0.125, work-life social dependence 3.59 ± 0.403, general life atmosphere 3.18 ± 0.786, integration and cohesion social 3.06 ± 0.654, and development of human capabilities 3.26 ± 0.368. Furthermore, the regression analysis showed that job burnout negatively affects the quality of life of the Iran National Drilling Company’s personnel. Conclusion: Social dependence on work life is one of the factors affecting the quality of work life, and individual factors are among the factors that can strengthen job burnout in the work environment.
