the relationship between employees' personality characteristics and job burnout in ministry of sport and youth

the aim of this research was to explain the relationship betweenpersonality big five factors and job burnout in employees of ministry ofsport and youth of iran. 162 employees completed the maslach burnoutinventory (mbi) and big five inventory (bfi). mbi with 22 items assessedthree dimensions of job burnout and bfi with 44 items assessed the fivedimensions of personality. cronbach's alpha coefficient was utilized toexamine the internal reliability of mbi (r=0.80) and bfi (r=0.82). data wereanalyzed with parametric tests (pearson correlation, anova, multipleregression and so on) at p≥0.05. the findings indicated that those who hadhigher neuroticism and lower extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousnessand openness to experiences were more prone to experience job burnout. so,if organizations use personality assessment as a part of their employmentsystem, they can identify those who are likely to experience burnout in thefuture and have more precise organization and planning so that they canguarantee employees' commitment to their future job situations.