Hesam Soleimani; Nasrin Arshadi; Kioumars Beshlideh
Abstract
IntroductionOne of the most valuable resources of an organization for achieving goals and getting progressed is human power; Therefore, it can be said that the mental health of the employees of an organization is of special importance. With increasing emphasis on the mental health of employees and improving ...
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IntroductionOne of the most valuable resources of an organization for achieving goals and getting progressed is human power; Therefore, it can be said that the mental health of the employees of an organization is of special importance. With increasing emphasis on the mental health of employees and improving their work life for the progress and success of the organization, it is reasonable to pay special attention to the job burnout and well-being of employees, the factors affecting these two, and the methods of reducing burnout and increasing well-being. The purpose of this study was designing and testing a model of the relationship of mindfulness with job burnout and well-being mediated by work stress.MethodThe statistic population of the research was all the employees of the Dareh-Aloo Copper Industries of Kerman province. The sample consisted of 300 employees who were selected by simple random sampling method, that 210 members of sample filled the forms properly. The instruments were used include Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI), Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stress questionnaire, Psychological Well-being Scale and Burnout Inventory. Fitness of the proposed model was examined through structural equation modeling (SEM) and the mediating role of job stress was examined by boot-strap method, using SPSS-24 and AMOS-24 softwares. ResultsThe indirect effects were tested using the bootstrap procedure. Findings indicated the proposed model after modifing fit the data properly. Results showed that the direct path of mindfulness to job burnout and mindfulness to well-being were not significant and confirmed all the direct effects of mindfulness on burnout and well-being were through job stressDiscussionAccording to the results, it can be said that by increasing the level of mindfulness of the people in the organization can reduce their job stress and consequently reduce the burnout of employees and increase their well-being.
