Iranian Journal of Ergonomics

Introduction: work engagement is a stable and positive state of mind associated with work, which protects against job burnout. This study was conducted to determine the contribution of goal orientation, perceived organizational support and Big Five personality traits in predicting job motivation of female teachers in Shahrekord, Iran.

Methods: The design of the study was correlational-survey. The sample included 230 female teachers in Shahrekord, teaching in high school during 2013-2014. The sample of the study was selected by cluster sampling. To collect data, goal-orientation, perceived organizational support, five factor inventory and job work engagement were administered to the participants.

Results: Correlation and step regression analyses were utilized to analyze the data. Findings of the study showed that there was a significant relationship among goal-orientation, perceived organizational support, Big Five personality traits and work engagement (P < 0.01). Furthermore, multiple regression analysis revealed that linear combination of goal orientation, perceived organizational support and Big Five personality traits could predict work engagement of teachers )P≤0.01).

Conclusions: the present study indicated that different components of personality, goal-orientation and perceived organizational support can create work engagement.

Introduction: A significant number of employees of any organization experience burnout, in many different countries. It is obvious that burnout prevention and mental health promotion play an important role in the improvement of the quality of services. One of the strategies that could be useful in reducing premature aging is deployment of a total ergonomics (ergonomics micro and macro). The main objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between variables considered in the context of total ergonomics and burnout.

Methods: The sample was selected from one of the hospitals in Yazd, including various departments with 506 employees. The sample size of 216 was determined according to Morgan. The data were collected through questionnaires and samples were selected through a stratified random sampling method.

Results: The results showed that moderate job burnout and perceived organizational support by the employees was lower than average, and there was a significant negative relationship between burnout and variables involved in comprehensive ergonomics. The study showed that demographic variables of burnout were effective on employees.

Conclusions: This study investigated burnout level, organizational support, organizational justice and physical environment. The reduction of Burnout was assessed by improved total ergonomic (macro and micro ergonomic) conditions. The results obtained in this study correspond with the results of various research studies. At the end of the study, based on the results, suggestions were made to reduce burnout.

Background and Objectives: The silence of employees has become a critical issue for organizational development, referring to deliberate neglect of important ideas, suggestions and opinions about their work. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of variable organizational support perceived by employees on breaking the silence with the mediating role of emotional commitment.
Methods: The statistical population includes 900 governmental employees from which 273 persons have been selected using Cochran formula and random sampling method. Information gathering tools include Eizenberger (1986) perceived organizational support questionnaires, Allen & Meyer (1990) affective commitment Questionnaire and Silence climate questionnaire of Vakola and Bouradas (2005). After gathering requested information from the participants, the information was analyzed by Microsoft Excel 2016, SPSS 23.0 and smartpls3.
Results: The results showed that perceived organizational support was positively correlated with employee silence. The results also showed that the emotional commitment mediates the relationship between perceived organizational support and employee silence.
Conclusion: Given the relationship between perceived organizational support and emotional commitment with employee silence, it is essential for planners to consider these components.

Background & Aim: The phenomenon of work-family conflict is important for individuals and organizations, because this conflict in organizations leads to important consequences such as job burnout, emotional burnout, reduced productivity and job performance, and reduced individual well-being. Based on this, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of work-family conflict on the emotional burnout of teachers in Qom city with the moderating role of perceived organizational support.

Method: The type of research was structural equation modeling and the statistical population included all teachers in Qom, 3864 people, of whom 390 were selected as a sample using the Cochran formula and stratified random sampling method. In this research, three questionnaires of work-family conflict, emotional burnout and perceived organizational support were used to collect data. Research data analysis was performed using SPSS version 26 and Smart Pls statistical software at descriptive (frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, skewness & kurtosis) and inferential levels (structural equation model).

Result: The path coefficient of the variables showed that work-family conflict on emotional burnout (Beta=0.625, t=19.45, P=0.000) had a positive & significant effect and perceived organizational support has a negative & significant effect on emotional burnout (Beta=0.127, t=-2.97; P=0.004) and the moderating role of organizational support was confirmed.

Conclusion: The results showed that organizational support can have a moderating role in the relationship between work-family conflict and burnout. Therefore, the more the individual and his/her environmental conditions can control work-family conflict and the more support the individual perceives from the organization, the less emotional burnout the individual will experience.