Abstract:

Although occupational identification and employees have positive perceptions of their profession, perceptions of burnout and workload can cause significant problems for employees. In this context, the main purpose of the study is to determine whether “workload perception” plays a mediating role in the effect of occupational identification perceptions of employees who work intensively and based on labor. In the study, “Does the perception of workload play a role as a mediating variable in the effect of occupational identification on burnout?” an answer to the question has been sought. The research has been designed according to the relational scanning model, one of the general scanning models, in the light of the literature, and it has beens also constructed according to the quantitative research method. The research data have been collected from nurses working in a public hospital in Ankara according to convenience sampling technique. Descriptive analysis and difference and relationship tests have been applied in data analysis using IBM SPSS and AMOS programs. In the findings obtained from the analysis of the data, there is a negative relationship between the nurses' professional identification and their perceptions of burnout and workload, and workload perception plays a mediating role in the effect of occupational identification on burnout. According to the findings, the high level of occupational identification reduces the burnout perceptions and workload perceptions of the employees. However, while the perception of workload that increases with intense work pace in employees increases burnout, it decreases the perception of occupational identification and can lead to an increase in burnout perception.

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