The Relationship
The
Relationship between Organizational Commitment and Job Burnout among High
Schools Physical Education Teachers
Shahram Alam (PhD) 1,
Shahrokh bahmaei (MA) 2, Maryam Monazami (MA) 1,
Zahra Alam (MA) 3
1 Department of Physical Education, Shahr-e-Ray
Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Physical Education, Rahmhormoz
Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rahmhormoz, Iran
3 Department of Physical Education, Roudehen
Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran
E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: The
purpose of this study was to find the relationship between the organizational
commitment and job burnout among high schools physical education teachers of
Ahvaz city and its comparison between full-time and invited teachers. The
method of this study was correlative. The statistical population of the
research included all the 139 high schools physical education teachers of Ahvaz
city . 119 teachers were selected for the sample group. The instruments of
collecting data were the questionnaire of demographic information, Allen and
Meyer organizational commitment (1990) and Maslach burnout (1986)
questionnaires. In this study, descriptive statistics were used for organizing,
summarizing, classifying, and describing the data. Significant mean differences
were computed by T-Test method. Pearson’s coefficient was used to find the
relationships. Zr Fischer was used to find whether the relationship coefficient
difference among variables was significant or not. There was a significant
relationship between the organizational commitment and burnout among full-time
teachers, but there was no significant relationship among invited teachers. The
results showed no significant difference between the organizational commitment
of full-time and invited teachers; also, there was no significant difference
between their job burnout.
Life Sci J 2013;10(1):1268-1273]
(ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 193
Keywords: Organizational commitment; job burnout; full-time teachers and invited teachers.
