The relationship between burnout and organizational commitment: A research on private sector health workers

This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between organizational burnout levels and organizational commitment of the health professionals working in private health institutions. For this purpose a total of 156 health professionals working in private health institutions in Istanbul were interviewed. The data were obtained with questionnaire method. Maslach Burnout Inventory and Organizational Commitment Scale were used for data collection. The data obtained from the scales were analyzed with SPSS 16.0 package program. As a result of the statistical analyses it has been found that there is a statistical significant and negative relationship between organizational burnout/sub-dimensions and organizational commitment/sub-dimensions. In addition it has been found that burnout and its sub-dimensions have significantly explained the organizational commitment and its sub-dimensions. Keywords: Organizational commitment, Health Care Professional, Burnout