The Relationship between Personality Type, Locus of Control Occupational Satisfaction and Occupational Exhaustion; and Determining the Effectiveness of Stress Inoculation Training (SIT) on Reducing it Among Iran Khodro's Staff

The first aim of this research has been to determine the role and share of each personality type, locus of control and occupation satisfaction variable on occupational exhaustion. The second purpose was to determine the effectiveness of stress inoculation Training (SIT) on decreasing the occuptional exhaustion and increasing occupational satisfaction. In order to access these aims, among the staff who had participated in training courses on the job in Iran Kodro Factory, a sample with 310 staff members were selected from 22 classes; and administrated the occupational exhaustion, personality type, locus of control and occupatonal satisfaction tests, and then among all 52 persons who gained more than one standard deviation over the mean on the occupational exhaustion test, 40 subjects were randomly selected and again divided randomly into two experimental and control groups (each group 20 subjects). The eiperimental group received (stress Inoculation Training in nine 45-minute sessions. The techniques and methods used for the experimental group acquainted with career stresses, discussion about cnosequences and difficulties of stress, the role of thoughts and beliefs in revealing stress and its relationship with occupational exhaustion and job dissatisfaction, administarting techniques of creating mental imagery, cognitive reproduclion realization, problem solving, stopping thoughts, self-sufficiency, etc. The research results were first. There was a meaningful direct relationship between occupational exhaustion and personality type. Second there was a meaningful reverse relationsip between occupational exhaustion and locus of control. Third, there was a meaningful reverse relationship between occupational exhausion and occupational satisfaction. (P< 0.01) The results of multiple regression analysis showed that personality type, locus of control and occupational satisfaction can anticipate occupational exhaustion. In gradation the first in occupational satisfaction, locus of control is second, and personality type is last. The conclusion obtained from experimental and control group indicatoe that stress Inoculation Training method in effective in reducing occupational exhaustion (P<0.01) and increasing occupational satisfaction.