Comparison of job burnout of daily fixed shift staffs and rotating shift staffs in the special Economic Zone of Bandar Imam Khomeini (general of ports & maritime administration of Khuzestan Province)

The aim of this study was to investigate the job burnout and its relationship with factors of staffs’ personality and comparison of these factors between fixed shift-staffs and rotating ones in Special Economic Zone of Bandar Imam Khomeini (General of Ports & Maritime Administration of Khuzestan Province). Survey method was used in this study. Study population was all of staffs in General of Ports & Maritime Administration of Khuzestan Province that were 400 and 200 of them were selected based on Cochran's formula as the sample. Random-classified way was used to select the samples from each classification based on work shift (daily fixed and rotating). 120 daily fixed staffs and 80 rotating ones were chosen as the sample. Information collection tool was Maslach burnout inventory (2001) that its validity has been previously confirmed and normalized in studies conducted in the country. Reliability of the mentioned questionnaire in this study was calculated using Cronbach alpha and it was confirmed. Also, t-test was applied to investigate the difference of the job burnout and its components in terms of the staffs’ work shift. The results showed that average score of job burnout among daily fixed shift-staffs is significantly lower than that of the rotating ones (p<0.001). Also, the results showed that average score of frequency and intensity of emotional exhaustion, average score of frequency and intensity of depersonalization, and average score of frequency and intensity of involvement in daily fixed shift-staffs are significantly lower than those of the rotating ones and average score of frequency and intensity of personal accomplishment in daily fixed shift-staffs are higher than that of the rotating ones (p<0.001).