Tayebeh Tayebani; Ayatollah Sohrabi; Raheleh Samouei
Volume 9, Issue 7 , December 2012, , Pages 1015-1023
Abstract
Introduction: Addiction treatment centers have been increased in the country. The therapist’s health isimportant for their contact with patients with an excessive damage caused this survey to study job burnoutof the therapists in the licensed addiction centers in Isfahan, Iran and its relevance ...
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Introduction: Addiction treatment centers have been increased in the country. The therapist’s health isimportant for their contact with patients with an excessive damage caused this survey to study job burnoutof the therapists in the licensed addiction centers in Isfahan, Iran and its relevance with individual andprofessional factors.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study done on 137 therapists in withdrawal addiction centers ofIsfahan, Iran in 2011 (34 physicians, 14 psychiatrists, 42 psychologists and 46 nurses). Data collectionwas done using Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) (α = 0.87). The subjects were selected through simplerandom sampling and the questionnaires were distributed among them. Frequency, percentage, standarddeviation, Student’s t-test, correlation coefficient and analysis of variance were used.Results: The results of this study suggested that the mean score of lob burnout in the survey samplecompared with the referent score was weak and the job burnout in the emotional exhaustion (13.79) anddepersonalization (4.44) dimensions was weak and in terms of decreasing personal efficiency (14.87)reported to be medium. A significant correlation was observed between the job burnout and variables ofjob background, consent of income, interest in job and attitude to the effectiveness of clinical work.Conclusion: Although weak, there was some burnout among the study subjects, so that the intensity in twodimensions of emotional exhaustion and personal efficiency reduction is worrying. Therefore, it is necessaryto distinguish the intensifier and reducer factors in individual, organizational and environmental dimensions.
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.
