EVALUATING EFFECT OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS ON JOB SATISFACTION WITH MEDIATING ROLE OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT; (CASE STUDY: OIL-GAS EXTRACTING COMPANY OF AGHAJARY)

Abstract

Today stress is an important factor considered by scientists in management and behavioral
sciences. Stress and persistence can lead to irreparable human and material costs. In view of that
staff and in general, human resources are included for the most vital asset of any organization, so
it is particularly important to regard the job satisfaction of employees in different jobs, especially
in industries. We need to study the present statistical population, because oil and gas industry is
the most important source of income for Iran. To this end, it examined effects of three stress
components - including workload, access information and interpersonal relationships and put
mediating variable of career development- on job satisfaction. A descriptive research is of the
survey methodology and statistical population used in the research is 2798 official personnel of
Oil-Gas Extracting Company of Aghajary, sample size of 338 was obtained using a Morgan
table. Using Structural Equations Modeling for confirmatory factor analysis and analysis of
relationships between variables and based on the research model, the research results were
accepted, are: impacts of workload variables, access to information and career development on
employees’ job satisfaction. The impact of interpersonal relationships on employees’ job
satisfaction and workload was rejected on career development; and impact of variables of
interpersonal relationships and access to information on career development was accepted