چکیده:
Since early 1980s, many empirical studies were carried out to recognize stress
syndrome and occupational burnout in the United States libraries; the results
indicated that the librarians in other countries are susceptible to these two
conditions, as well. The present paper investigates the rate of occupational burnout
in librarians of University of Isfahan, and evaluates the educational level, field of
study, age, occupational experience, and the position of male and female librarians.
The population under study included all the 61 librarians working in the libraries
of University of Isfahan. The study was conducted as census. Maslash burnout
inventory was handed in to all the librarians, and 57 copies were given back. In
order to analyze the data, mean and standard deviation were used for descriptive
statistics; also for inductive statistics, we applied t-test and multivariate analysis of
variance (MANOVA) using SPSS 16. The results showed that occupational
burnout of librarians in University of Isfahan is at a moderate level in terms of
intensity and abundance, while it is at a low level considering emotional exhaustion
and depersonalization. There is a relationship between some demographic factors
such as occupational burnout and gender (abundance of emotional exhaustion),
educational level (depersonalization intensity) and field of study (intensity and
abundance of emotional exhaustion), whereas there was no relationship between
occupational burnout and age, occupational experience, and librarians’ positions.
Regarding the obtained results, managers and officials should make appropriate
plans to prevent occupational burnout in librarians working in the academic
libraries.
خلاصه ماشینی:
com Abstract Since early 1980s, many empirical studies were carried out to recognize stress syndrome and occupational burnout in the United States libraries; the results indicated that the librarians in other countries are susceptible to these two conditions, as well.
The results showed that occupational burnout of librarians in University of Isfahan is at a moderate level in terms of intensity and abundance, while it is at a low level considering emotional exhaustion and depersonalization.
The studies concerning occupational burnout include those by Smith & Nielsen (1984); Haak, Jones & Roose (1984); Birch, Marchant & Smith (1986); Nelson (1987); Patterson & Howell (1990); Affleck (1996); Togia (2005); Odelia (2000), and also in Iran the study by Siamian, Shahrabi, Vahedi, Abbsairad & Yazdani Cherati (2006).
Table 2 Mean and Standard Deviation of the Scores of Occupational Burnout among Librarians of t/niverii9 Of Isfahan (N—-57) {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} As shown in Table 2, librarians of University of Isfahan have experienced moderate levels of burnout in terms of decrease in personal performance, and low levels regarding emotional exhaustion and depersonalization.
sit y of Isfahan Considering data provided in Table 3, there is no relationship among dimensions of occupational burnout (intensity of emotional exhaustion, intensity and abundance of personal performance, intensity and abundance of depersonalization) and librarians' gender.
Birch, Marchant & Smith (1986) conducted a study to measure the burnout level among librarians working in reference unit of the public libraries, and reported a negative relationship between burnout and age.