Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Burnout Based on a Structural Equation Model

Objectives: To understand the relationship between job burnout and job satisfaction for medical workers and analyse the influencing factors. Methods: We used two scales to examine medical workers in Hengyang mental hospitals. Multivariate logistic regression and structural equation model were used to evaluate the relevant factors of job satisfaction, and the relationship between job satisfaction and job burnout. Results: The total job satisfaction was at the moderate level. For job burnout was in the middle burnout level. Job satisfaction can have a negative prediction function for job burnout (direct effect −0.684). The relevant factors of job burnout and job satisfaction was as follows: nature of the work, pay, benefits and communication impacted job satisfaction and job burnout. Conclusions: The current level of job satisfaction is relatively low, job satisfaction has a negative effect on job burnout.