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The Relationship between the Desire to Stay in Work According to Organizational Posts and Job Stress in Staff of Industries and Mines Organization of Fars Province


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1 Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
2 Department of Educational & Psychological Science, Sepidan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sepidan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
     

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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the desire to remain in work based on job stress and organizational position in staff of Industries and Mines Organization of Fars. This study was a descriptive correlation and statistical population were about 150 people, using census sampling all of them have been chosen as research sample. For data gathering the Inventory of Job stress, Rasooli, and Wiener Inventory of desire to remain in work were used. Validity by face validity and reliability of the questionnaire through Cronbach's alpha coefficient determined. Data analyzed by Pearson and Spear man correlation coefficient and SPSS 16 software was used. The finding showed that there is a significant and negative relationship between job stress and desire to remain in work, also a significant relationship between organizational position and desire to remain in work. Job stress could predict the desire to remain in work but organizational position couldn't predict the desire to remain in work.

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Job Stress, Desire to Remain in Work, Organizational Position.
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Authors

Zahra Dorostkar
Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Fereshteh Mostafavi Rad
Department of Educational & Psychological Science, Sepidan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sepidan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Mahbobeh Chin Aveh
Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract


The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the desire to remain in work based on job stress and organizational position in staff of Industries and Mines Organization of Fars. This study was a descriptive correlation and statistical population were about 150 people, using census sampling all of them have been chosen as research sample. For data gathering the Inventory of Job stress, Rasooli, and Wiener Inventory of desire to remain in work were used. Validity by face validity and reliability of the questionnaire through Cronbach's alpha coefficient determined. Data analyzed by Pearson and Spear man correlation coefficient and SPSS 16 software was used. The finding showed that there is a significant and negative relationship between job stress and desire to remain in work, also a significant relationship between organizational position and desire to remain in work. Job stress could predict the desire to remain in work but organizational position couldn't predict the desire to remain in work.

Keywords


Job Stress, Desire to Remain in Work, Organizational Position.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2017%2Fv8i1%2F147152