Esmaeel Mostafavi; Mohamad-Ali Ghasemi-Nejad
Volume 9, Issue 6 , March 2012, , Pages 942-949
Abstract
Introduction: An important aspect of human resource organization is mental health workers. Thephenomena of emotional stress and burnout have a significant effect on employee performance. The purposeof the present study was to measure burnout and its dimensions in the librarians of Tehran Universities.Methods: ...
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Introduction: An important aspect of human resource organization is mental health workers. Thephenomena of emotional stress and burnout have a significant effect on employee performance. The purposeof the present study was to measure burnout and its dimensions in the librarians of Tehran Universities.Methods: This was a descriptive–correlation study. The data collection tool was the Maslach BurnoutInventory. The reliability of this test is 0.76. The study samples consisted of 111 university librariansworking in academic libraries in Tehran, Iran, in 2012. They were selected using cluster sampling.Results: The findings showed that librarians had high emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lackof personal accomplishment during their work process. In addition, age and occupational experience weresignificantly related to occupational burnout and its components. This means that with increase in theirage and their career experience their burnout also increased.Conclusion: The results suggest that with increase in age and work experience of librarians, burnout andits three components have increased. Accordingly library managers can create an environment for greaterproductivity and prosperity in human capital in order to provide users with appropriate and up-to-dateinformation by making timely decisions and taking action.
