Estimation of Relative Contribution of Job Burnout in Organizational Justice in Sport and Youth Department Staff in Esfahan Province

The aim of present study was to investigate the relationship between organizational justice and job burnout in Youth and Sport department staff in Esfahan province. This study was descriptive and correlational. It is an applicable research in which survey method was used for data collection. The sample consisted of all staff in Sport and Youth departments in Esfahan province in 1392 (n=405). Based on Kregesi and Morgan table 200 person were selected. For sample selection, classified random sampling method proportional to service geolocation was used. For data collection about organizational justice variable Nyhoff and Moorman questionnaire (1993) was used and for job burnout, Meslash and Jackson questionnaire (1981) MBI was used. Validity of questionnaires was assessed by comments of ten professors in sport management field. Moreover, reliability of questionnaires was assessed by Cronbach alpha coefficient. Coefficient equivalent to 0.90 for organizational justice and 0.71 for job burnout showed desirable reliability of questionnaires. For data analysis inferential statistics (univariate t tests, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression) using SPSS 2.0 were applied. Results of data analysis showed that there is a negative and significant relationship between organizational justice and job burnout. Finally, results of regression showed that distributional justice is a good anticipant for job burnout.