The relationship between personality characteristics and burnout and employee deviant behaviors of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Subject Areas : Public Policy In Administration

Maryam Sadeghi ¹ , Amir Garousi ²

1 - Statistician/Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran
2 - Assistant professor, faculty member Raja

Received: 2017-08-13 Accepted : 2017-10-15 Published : 2017-08-23

Keywords: Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Deviant behaviors, Personality Traits, Burnout,

Abstract :

Objective: The aim of this study is to determining the relationship between personality traits and burnout and employee deviant behaviors of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Methods: This research followed an applied goal and the descriptive-survey method was used as data gathering method. The statistical population of the study was all employees of the Central Bank, of which sample size based on the Cochran sampling formula, 348 people were selected by simple random sampling method. Research tools were NEO questionnaire of Personality traits inventory, Maslach & Jackson burnout (1981) and Golparvar et al. (1390) deviant behaviors inventory. Cronbach’s alpha to evaluate the reliability of questionnaires was obtained 0.734, 0.716 and 0.823, respectively. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling in LISREL and regression and Pearson's correlation tests in SPSS. Findings: The coefficient of determination calculated showed that five personality traits respectively 41% and 22% of the variance explained by burnout and deviant behaviors virgin.Conclusion: Neuroticism (β =0.243) as the most positive effects and extraversion (β =-0.241) have the most negative effect on burnout. The people with adjective neuroticism and agreeableness more prone to burnout and they are willing to engage in deviant behaviors.