AbstractIntroduction: The purpose of this study was to explain the relationship between job overloadand job burnout with the mediating role of psychological capital.Methods: The research is descriptive in nature. The statistical population included 306 primaryschool teachers in Shirvan city. According to Krejcie-Morgan table, 184 people were selectedas the sample by stratified random sampling. Data collection tools were Maslach burnoutquestionnaire (1985), Golparvar et al. job overload (2010) and psychological capital fromMcGee et al. (2011) questionnaire. Lisrel 8 software was used to analyze the data.Results: The results showed that there is a significant relationship between role burden andpsychological capital (coefficient of 0.45 and significance of -4.60). There is a significantrelationship between psychological capital and burnout (coefficient -0.49 and significance -4.77). There was a significant relationship between role burden and burnout (0.57 andsignificance 2.15). Also, for the main hypothesis, a general relationship of 0.12 was obtained,therefore, the role of cost overrun and burnout is related to the mediating role of psychologicalcapital.Conclusions: Role overload and burnout are related to the mediating role of psychologicalcapital. Therefore, to reduce burnout and role overload, psychological capital can be trainedand developed
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