Investigating the Effect of Structural Empowerment on Burnout with Mediating the Role of Organizational and the Role of Gender Moderator (Case Study:Faculty Members of Iranian Public Universities)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D. Candidate, state management, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Management, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.

Abstract

Abstract
This research is considered as correlational in terms of applied purpose and descriptive method. The statistical population of the present study is all faculty members of the Ministry of Science and the Ministry of Health, whose number is 18282 people. The statistical sample size was estimated at 515 people using the Cochran formula and was selected by two-stage random cluster sampling. To collect structural empowerment information from the questionnaire, Effectiveness conditions of work quality, Organizational Citizenship Behavior of the Questionnaire, Lee and Allen Citizenship Behavior of the Questionnaire, Musclech Burnout, Use in addition to content validity, structural validity was used and Cronbach's alpha was used to assess the reliability of the questionnaires. Cronbach's alpha was obtained for structural empowerment equal to 0.88, organizational citizenship behavior equal to 0.89 and burnout equal to 0.90 which indicated the desired level of reliability of the questionnaires. Structural equation modeling and confirmatory factor analysis have been used to analyze the data. The results of this study showed that structural empowerment has a negative effect on burnout. The mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior in relation to structural empowerment and faculty burnout was also confirmed. But the role of gender adjustment in the relationship between structural empowerment and burnout was not confirmed.
Introduction
Since human resources are one of the most important pillars of organizations and individual employees are involved in the development and progress of organizations. Human resource management is a term used to describe a wide range of activities and refers to the responsibility of managers to equip the organization with capable employees and ensure the desirability of using their talents. Organizations have motivated, hard-working, and satisfied human resources when they provide the conditions for employees to use their abilities and capabilities in the organization properly for organizational goals and consider their job important.
Case study
This study aims to study the effect of structural empowerment on burnout and to reveal the role that organizational citizenship behavior and gender play as a mediator and moderator in the relationship between these two variables.
Materials and Methods
In this research, the sample size is 515 people from Iran, a total of 580 questionnaires were distributed among the respondents selected by two-stage randomsized cluster sampling and 520 questionnaires were collected. Measurement tools of this research were three standard questionnaires whose validity and permanence were confirmed in the tests.
Discussion and Results
The results of structural equation modeling showed that the effect of structural empowerment on burnout is negative and significant. The role of organizational citizenship behavior as a mediator in the relationship between structural empowerment and burnout of male and female faculty members was confirmed. But, the role of gender of faculty members as moderators in the relationship between structural empowerment through organizational citizenship behavior was not confirmed.
Conclusion
 In addition, this research has some practical achievements for Iranian state universities. From an operational point of view, an understanding of the status of research variables and the relationships between them is provided; which can be the basis of planning for state university chancellor to increase the level of structural empowerment of faculty members in Iranian state universities. Based on the findings of this research, in this planning, the organizational citizenship behavior of faculty members and reducing the level of implementation of burnout components by managers should be considered.

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