Structural Equation Modeling of the Job Stress Effect on Job Satisfaction in the Military Personnel

Job stress and satisfaction and factors affecting on them are from important social issues and since the unexpected risks that cause job stress in military personnel is more than other activities, so the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between job stress and satisfaction in military personnel with structural equation modeling. In this analytical and cross-sectional study, 55 military personnel were recruited randomly. Data were collected using two questionnaires HSE job stress and police job satisfaction. Data after importing to software Spss20 were entered to software LISREL version 8.8 to modeling. In this study, the highest percentage of stress (65.5%) was observed in low-level and the highest percentage of satisfaction (89.1%) was in satisfied level. Age, marriage, educational level and job type were reported from the factors that effect on job stress and satisfaction. Also, based on model, job stress can predict 47% of job satisfaction in military personnel. support of officials, proper relation between competitors and clearly the responsibility of staff have an important role in reducing job stress and also job promotion, empowerment, participation of employees, facilities and services, appreciation and salary and benefits are including the most important factors in satisfaction of the military personnel