THE EFFECT OF BURNOUT AND STRESS ON ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT: EXAMPLE OF HEALTH WORKERS

Authors : Nikolay ELETSKIY, Emel ÖZCAN, Talha TURHAN

Pages : 22-36

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Publication Date : 2019-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In our study, it was aimed to investigate the effect of burnout and stress levels on organizational commitment of health personnel working in private and public hospitals comparatively. In this context, survey data were collected with 300 public and 300 private sector employees using face-to-face interviews. In the study, Maslach Burnout Inventory was used to measure burnout, the Mayerson Stress Source Scale was used to detect stress sources, and Meyer and Allen's Organizational Commitment Scale were used to measuring organizational commitment. After the collected data were subjected to validity and reliability tests, the hypothesis tests were tested by performing the analyzes. According to the results of the study, when all data were evaluated collectively, it effects as Y (organizational commitment) = 2.511-0.85 (burnout); it has been found that .120 ** between organizational commitment and burnout; a positive and bidirectional correlation at .101 ** level with stress; a positive and bidirectional correlation at .500 ** level between stress and burnout; the role of partial mediation of age is due to the effect of burnout on commitment. Within the scope of the research, for the first time in the literature, the mediating role of age of the effect of burnout level of the staff working on commitment in hospitals was examined through structural equation model. This is the greatest original contribution of our research to the literature.In addition, burnout in comparison of public and private hospitals in Turkey, although not observed in another study investigating the same time stress and organizational commitment, in literature within the scope of research burnout, stress and the organizational commitment in recent years Turkish and Russian resources with another study evaluating the comparative it has been encountered. 
Keywords : Organizational Culture, Burnout, Stress, Organizational Behavior, Health Management, Structural Equation Model