Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Atefeh Esfandiari Moghadam ¹
• Mohammad Malekzadeh ²
• Shirali Kharamin ³

¹ Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Yasuj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasooj, Iran.

² Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Social Determinant of Health Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran.

³ Department of Psychology, Social Determinant of Health Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of perceived social support in relationship between work quality of life and job burnout in satellite employees of the oil industry start-up and exploitation company. The research method was descriptive correlation. The statistical population of the men satellite employees of the oil industry start-up and exploitation company (OICO) in the spring of 2023 was 4500 people. The sample size was selected based on Cochran formula and with convenience sampling of 500 people. Data collection tools included the Maslach burnout inventory (MBI), work-related quality of life questionnaire (WRQoLQ) and multidimensional perceived social support scale (MSPSS). Statistical analysis of data was performed using SPSS version 26 and AMOS software version 26. The results showed that work quality of life (p<0.05, β =- 0.34) has a significant direct effect on job burnout. Finally, perceived social support (p<0.05, β = -.19) has a significant direct effect on job burnout and was able significant mediating role in the relationship between work quality of life and job burnout. Also, proposed model had an acceptable fitness to the data (RMSEA=0/029 p<0/05) and analyses also revealed that %68 of variance of job burnout was explained.

Keywords

• Job Burnout
• Perceived Social Support
• Satellite
• Work Quality of Life