Job Burnout among Khuzestan Steel Company Workers

Objectives: As occupational diseases are on the rise, and burnoutin various jobs impact the performance of individuals and thatsteel industry workers’ job is important, the present study aimed toinvestigate the prevalence of burnout among Khuzestan SteelCompany workers.Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted ona population of 300 workers from Khuzestan Steel Companyselected through stratified random sampling method. The datawere collected through a two-part instrument, including thedemographic characteristics questionnaire and Maslach BuroutInventory (MBI) with 22 items and three subscales, whosereliability and validity have been confirmed in various studies.The data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, t-test,and Spearman’s correlation in SPSS-16.Results:The results showed that of the 296 workers studied, 90%had moderate, 2% had severe, and 8% had low levels of burnout.There was a significant difference between the mean burnoutscore and each of the variables (level of education, household size,employment status, amount of income, workplace, and jobsatisfaction) (P<0.05). Job satisfaction was at moderate and lowlevels among 65% of the workers. Based on the linear regressionanalysis, job satisfaction was the strongest predictor of burnout.Conclusion: Most of the workers had experienced moderate levelsof burnout and the relationship between burnout and jobsatisfaction was confirmed. Therefore, conducting studies fordetermining the burnout status of workers in different sectors ofindustry seems necessary.

Keywords:

Burnout , workers , job satisfaction