Industrial and Organizational Psychology Studies

The Effect of Job Stressors on job Demotivation by Moderating Learning Orientation

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Mehdi Jaberi 1
Seyed Esmaeil Hashemi 2
Akbar Hoseini 1

1 MA Student Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

2 Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22055/jiops.2024.47367.1422
Abstract
Introduction
The current study examines the effect of job pressures on job demotivation and tries to improve the relationship between types of job pressures and job demotivation by applying moderation of learnhng orientation. The results of other studies and researchers' findings also refer to the point that occupational stressors can be one of the main and effective causes of stress and anxiety among the employees of organizations and ultimately cause them to be demotivated. The current research also points to the fact that in environments with occupational pressures, timely and appropriate learning orientation can act as a suitable moderator and lead to the improvement and reduction of job demotivation of employees.
 
Method
The participants in this research were 200 employees with post-graduate degree and above, who were selected from all employees of Ahvaz Kavian Steel Company using a simple random sampling method. The measurement tools of this research included work-family conflict, interpersonal conflict, job demand, career motivation and learning orientation questionnaires. In this research, simple correlation and multiple regression analysis methods were used to analyze the results.
Results
It is worth mentioning that the obtained results confirm the research hypotheses and show that the moderating variable of learning orientation has a negative relationship with job stressors and job demotivation of the organization's employees,  and thus reduces the job demotivation of the employees.
 
Discussion
According the results of the study, it can be concluded that occupational stressors; Work-family conflict, interpersonal conflict, and job demands, which are effective factors in creating stress and anxiety among employees in organizations and create a significant positive relationship with job demotivation. In groups with a learning orientation, receive a lower score on job pressures than the groups without learning orientation.  Therefore, the timely and proportionate use of learning orientation is one of the significant and key things that will lead to a better adjustment of job stressors and significantly reduce the lack of motivation of the organization's employees. Therefore, by promoting the importance of learning orientation in the workplace to reduce job demotivation, this article highlights and suggests that organizations pay special attention to increasing the variety of orientation in their employees and seek help from knowledgeable and specialized experts in its use and application.

Keywords

Job stressors
Job demotivation
Learning orientation
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology Studies
Volume 11, Issue 2
March 2025
Pages 113-128

  • Receive Date 19 July 2024
  • Revise Date 26 September 2024
  • Accept Date 07 November 2024

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