Prediction Of Job Burnout Based On Organizational Respect And Perceived Social Support In Female Nurses

The aim of present study was to investigate the predictive role of organizational respect and perceived social support in predicting job burnout dimensions of female nurses. The population included all of the nurses in Abadan and Khorramshahr cities hospitals (380 nurses). Because of limited size and prevention of subject' drop, the data derived from 230 questionnaires that be completed by the subjects. The study was a correlational- descriptive one. The instruments were the Organizational Respect Questionnaire (Rammarjan and Barsade,2006) , Perceived Social Support (Zimet, Dalem, Zimet and Farley, 1988) , and Maslach Burnout Inventory – MBI (Maslach,1993).The data analysis were performed by using Pearson correlation coefficient and multi- variate regression methods. The results showed significant negative relationship between organizational respect and perceived social support with job burnout (p<0/0001). The multi-variate regression analysis showed that organizational respect was a significant predictor of job burnout. It is suggested to prevent job burnout; organizational respect should be promoted in the cultural context of organizations.