Document Type : Research Article

Author

MA of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract

Introduction
One of the important concerns of a healthy organization is physical and mental health of its employees. Work can satisfy some basic human needs, but can also be a major source of job stress and low levels of mental health. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between job burnout and mental health with the moderating role of psychological hardiness and organization-based self-esteem.
 
Method
The research method was a descriptive one. The statistical population consisted of all staff and line employees of Khuzestan Province Gas Company (N=320). Accordingly, all members of the population formed the research sample. 263 questionnaires were returned among the distributed questionnaires. By eliminating the incomplete questionnaires, the final sample for testing the hypotheses was 242. From this sample, 185 were men. The mean and standard deviation of the age of the sample was 39.81 and 9.53, respectively, with 14.58 and 8.91 years of work experience. For data collecting, Mental Health Questionnaire (Goldberg & Hillier, 1979), Job Burnout Questionnaire (Maslach, 1981), Psychological Hardiness Questionnaire (Kiamarsi, 1997) and Organization-Based Self-Esteem Questionnaire (Pierce et al., 1989) were used.
 
Results
The results of the regression analysis showed that job burnout had a negative and significant relationship with mental health. In other words, job burnout had significant power in predicting mental health (β= -0.73, p < 0.001). Also, standard coefficient of regression of interaction of job burnout with psychological hardiness was significant (β= -0.58, p < 0.001). Also, the interaction of organization-based self-esteem with job burnout was significant (β= -0.28, p < 0.010,). Thus, the effects of job burnout on mental health have been moderated by psychological hardiness and organization-based self-esteem.
 
Discussion
The results indicated that job burnout has a negative relationship with employees' mental health. Therefore, it is suggested that conflict resolution, negotiation, stress management skills and ... training to increase the staff's ability to cope with stress and reduce the likelihood of job burnout. Also, the results showed that psychological hardiness and organization-based self-esteem were able to moderate the relationship between job burnout and mental health. Based on these results, it is recommended to train individuals on ways to increase psychological hardiness and organization-based self-esteem through educational programs.

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