Objective To explore the relationship between job stress and job burnout among shoe making workers.
Methods The migrant workers of shoe making industry were selected for the study. The job-stress questionnaire and the jobburnout questionnaire were used. Spearman rank correlation analysis and hierarchical linear regression were applied for data analysis.
Results The scores of the women's emotional exhaustion and depersonalization were higher than those of the men's. The scores of the low seniority's emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and job burnout were higher than those of the high seniority's. The scores of the unmarried workers' emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and job burnout were higher than those of the other categores. The analysis of the correlation between the factors relating to job stress and job burnout showed negative correlations between the dimensions of job burnout (emotional exhaustion, personal accomplishment, job burnout) and the job stress-related factors (skills, supervisor support, colleague support), a negative correlation between job burnout and decision-making power, and a negative correlation between depersonalization and supervisor support. But emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and job burnout presented positive correlations with job psychological demand, extrinsic effort, and internal input; job burnout negatively correlated with reward. The results of regression analysis on job burnout revealed that the contributing factors were effort/reward ratio and internal input, while task autonomy and social support were the negative factors.
Conclusion Job stress can impact job burnout; therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to migrant workers' living condition, improve their quality of life, and lessen their job burnout caused by job stress.
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