Ali Asghar Mohammadi; Mohammad Naghi Farahani; Jafar Hasani; firouz mirdarikvand
Volume 24, Issue 4 , July and August 2017, , Pages 249-255
Abstract
Background: The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of job stress and work locus of control on job satisfaction of Tehran emergency first responders. Method: In this study correlational research method was used and 160 members of Tehran emergency first responders were selected through ...
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Background: The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of job stress and work locus of control on job satisfaction of Tehran emergency first responders. Method: In this study correlational research method was used and 160 members of Tehran emergency first responders were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling method. To collect data three questionnaires including self-reported job stress questionnaire (Martinssuen, 2001), spector work locus of control questionnaire (1988) and spector job satisfaction questionnaire (1988) were used. Statistical analysis of data was performed with Pearson correlation and regression analysis. Results: The results of this study show there is negative significant relationship between job stress and job satisfaction. In addition, findings showed that there are significant positive and negative correlation relationships between internal and external locus of control and job satisfaction respectively. Furthermore, stepwise regression analysis showed the subscales of external locus of control, role, internal locus of control, communication and supervisors could estimate 54% of the variance in job satisfaction. Conclusion: According to this study, job satisfaction can be estimated on the basis of two effective factors of job stress and work locus of control.