omidi M R, Meftahi H, Omidi N. Investigating the mediating role of job burnout in the relationship between Corona anxiety and occupational stress of the employees of the engineering and construction company of the oil industries. Iran J Ergon 2023; 11 (1)
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1- Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbas , MROMIDI_91@YAHOO.COM
2- Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
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Background and Objectives: Employees in the oil and gas industries face various anxieties during their work period, the sudden emergence of a viral disease called Corona and its rapid spread may increase the level of anxiety of these people. The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of Corona anxiety. on the job stress of employees with the mediator role of job burnout.
Methods: The current research is a descriptive survey research, which was carried out in 1400. The statistical population of this research is all operational employees of the Engineering and Construction Company of Oil Industries; Using Cochran's formula, the sample size equal to 310 people was obtained; The main tool for collecting information is three questionnaires, the anxiety scale of Alipour et al. (2018), the job burnout questionnaire of Mazlaj et al. (1981) and the occupational stress questionnaire of the Health and Safety Institute of England. In this research, structural equations based on path analysis in SMART PLS software were used to analyze and test research hypotheses.
Results: Corona anxiety has an effect on job burnout and job stress with effect coefficients of 0.42 and 0.48 and significant coefficients of 11.22 and 8.41. Job burnout has an effect on the variable of occupational stress with an effect coefficient of 0.38 and a significance coefficient of 9.24. The VAF effect coefficient for the effect of corona anxiety on occupational stress with the mediating role of job burnout is equal to 0.51 and the significance coefficient is 7.52.
Conclusion: Corona anxiety directly and indirectly causes negative effects on employees and the level of Corona anxiety in different industries should be reduced for better performance of employees.
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Research |
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology Received: 2023/07/1 | Accepted: 2023/05/31 | ePublished: 2023/05/31