The effect of emotional intelligence on job burnout of the employees with the mediating role of mental health Yancheshmeh GholamReza Sourani*, Farahmand Nazanin** *Ph.D student, Department of educational management, College of educational science and counselling, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Roudehen, Iran **M.A Graduated, Department of educational science, College of psychology and educational science, Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Online published on 5 July, 2014. Abstract The present investigation was aimed to study the mediating effect of mental health on the relationship between emotional intelligence and job burnout of the employees of Modarres hospital in Saveh city in 2013. The population consisted of 299 individuals of the employees among whom 168 individuals were chosen as a sample size using Cochran formula and simple random sampling method. The data collection method was based on three questionnaires of Schering's (1996) emotional intelligence, Goldberg's mental health (GHQ-28, 1979), and Maslach and Jackson's (MBI, 1981) job burnout. After distributing and collecting questionnaires, the data analysis and hypotheses testing were carried out by using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Smart PLS 2.0 software. Technical features of the questionnaire including reliability, convergent validity and divergent validity were evaluated in the first part and necessary reforms were applied. In the next part, significance coefficients of the software were used in order to check the research hypothesis. The results confirmed the significant effect of emotional intelligence on job burnout and the mediating role of mental health between these two factors. Top Keywords Emotional intelligence, mental health, job burnout, self-awareness. Top |