Investigating rate of job burnout and its correlation with organizational punishments and encouragements in navy

Navy personnel deployed in coastal and sea areas are exposed to many stressors that can lead to job burnout. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the rate of job burnout and its correlation with organizational punishments and encouragments in navy.

This cross-sectional study was conducted in navy personnel in Bandar Abbas in 2018. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, subjects were selected by the simple random method and entered into the study. Demographic data and encouragement and punishment experience in the Navy were recorded using a self-declaration checklist. A standard Goldard questionnaire (GBI) was used to measure job burnout.

A total of 130 navy personnel were surveyed, with an average age of 35.7±6.7 years. The average score of job burnout was 0.44±4.06. This score is level III of job burnout, indicating that individuals are not completely healthy and should receive more control and better support. A total of 86 (65.3%) participants had a moderate to high degree of job burnout. Encouragements and punishments had a significant effect on job burnout of employees. Other organizational variables did not have a significant relationship with job burnout.

The job burnout rate of most of the navy personnel was moderate. Authorities should pay more attention to the causes of job burnout. The reduction of penalties and increasing incentives (organizational factors) can play an effective role in reducing job burnout.