Relationship between job burnout and job satisfaction,social support among workers exposed to coal dust

Objective To study the relationship between job burnout and job satisfaction,social support among workers exposed to coal dust.Methods Totally 2 055 workers exposed to coal dust were investigated with questionnaires of Maslach Bunnout Inventory-Genenal Survey(MBI-GS),job satisfaction and social support.Results The mean MBI-GS scores were 8.99±7.93 for exhaustion,4.84±5.74 for cynicism,and 14.73±11.82 for professional inefficacy.Job satisfaction and social support had obvious negative correlations with job burnout(P < 0.01).The predictor variables of exhaustion included extrinsic satisfaction(=-0.250,P <0.01),support application dimension(=-0.214,P <0.01),intrinsic satisfaction(=-0.219,P <0.01),and objective support dimension(=-0.038,P <0.05).The predictor variables of cynicism included extrinsic satisfaction(=-0.271,P <0.01),support application dimension(=-0.135,PP <0.01),intrinsic satisfaction(=-0.187,P <0.01),subjective support dimension(=-0.089,P <0.01),and objective support dimension(=-0.053,P <0.05).The predictor variables of professional inefficacy included support application dimension(=-0.161,P <0.01),objective support dimension(=-0.078,P <0.05),subjective support dimension(=-0.068,P <0.05),and intrinsic satisfaction(=-0.068,P <0.01).Conclusion The job burnout of workers exposed to coal dust could be relieved by the improvement of job satisfaction and social support.