Open AccessİŞE BAĞLILIĞIN TÜKENMİŞLİK VE DEPRESYON DÜZEYLERİ ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİLERİ: SAĞLIK ÇALIŞANLARI ÜZERİNDE BİR ARAŞTIRMA THE EFFECTS OF WORK COMMITMENT ON THE LEVELS OF BURNOUT AND DEPRESSION: A RESEARCH ON THE HEALTH CARE EMPLOYEES
Author(s) -
Haluk Tanrıverdi,
Mucize Sarıhan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
business and management studies: an international journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2148-2586
DOI - 10.15295/bmij.v1i2.34
Subject(s) - burnout , psychology , depression (economics) , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , physics , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics
The main purpose of this study is to examine the effects of health workers’ levels of work commitment on the levels of depression and burnout. Having this purpose in mind, a questionnaire consisting of personal information form, work commitment scale, burnout scale and depression scale was conducted with 266 health workers of İstanbul Kartal Training and Research Hospital in May 2013. Data obtained from questionnaires were analyzed by SPSS 17,0 statistical software. Correlation analysis was utilized in order to determine the relationships among work commitment, burnout and depression levels of health workers whereas regression analysis was utilized in order to determine the effects of health workers’ levels of work commitment on the levels of depression and burnout. According to the results, it has been found that there are statistically relevant relationships among work commitment, burnout and depression levels of health workers. It has been concluded that the more health workers’ levels of work commitment increase, their levels of depression and burnout decrease.