correlation between organizational commitment and job burnout among midwives

Introduction: Job burnout is one of the factors affecting organizational commitment and performance in health organizations, which has been less investigated. So, the present study aims to investigate the relationship between organizational commitment and job burnout among midwives working in hospitals and health centers affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2017.

Method: This is a descriptive-correlational study performed on 270 midwives with at least six years of work experience and working in hospitals and health centers of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2017, and the sample were selected using simple random sampling method. The research tool consisted of demographic information questionnaire, Allen & Meyer's Organizational Commitment questionnaire, and Maslach Burnout Inventory. Data were analyzed by SPSS v.22 using frequency distribution, mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation and significance level of less than 5%.

Results: The levels of all variables of organizational commitment and its dimensions (affective 2.21, continuance 94.22, normative 03.24, total 17.68) and dimensions of job burnout (emotional exhaustion 71.27, personal performance 94.36, depersonalization of 71.12) were moderate. The dimensions of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization had a significant and inverse relationship with different dimensions of organizational commitment, and personal adequacy dimension had a direct and significant relationship with organizational commitment and its dimensions (p <0.05).

Conclusion: Due to the negative impact of midwifery job burnout on organizational commitment, interventions should be taken to reduce the job burnout of midwives through training and improving job conditions.