The Explanation of Spiritual Intelligence and Burn Out Behavior of Information Technology Staffs

Employeeburnout is a concern for most of the organizations today. It is critical for firms to understand how they can prevent employee burnout and provide a positive workplace to maintain their talents. On the other hand، spiritual intelligence as a new capability in perceiving the world is considered by managers recently as a way of maintaining employees’ psychological healthiness. Regarding effects on the level of individual perception، this research is conducted to investigate the relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Burn out of Information Technology staffs. Four dimensions of spiritual intelligence by King (2008)، namely، aspects of critical existential thinking، personal meaning production، transcendental awareness، and conscious state expansion are being discussed in this study. Structural equation modeling analysis of survey data from a group of 130 information Technology personnel revealed that Spiritual Intelligence has a strong direct effect on Burn Out.