The Relationship between Coping Strategies with Job Burnout and Social Acceptance in Islamic Azad University Employee in Roudehen Branch

Job burnout is one of the main factors for decline in performance, loss of manpower and physical and psychological effects, especially in the human services. This study examined the relationship between coping strategies with burnout and social acceptance in university employee.

This was a descriptive correlational study. The study population included all population that employed in Azad University in Roudehen branch. The sample consisted of 250 randomly selected people that requested to answer the coping strategies questionnaire for Lazarus and Folkman (1985), Burnout in Human Services by Maslach and Jackson (1985) and, social acceptance Crowne and Marlowe (1998). Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation and regression).

 The results showed that coping strategies were an appropriate predictor for social acceptance and individual success from aspects of burnout between employees. So with regards to the working conditions of university staff and interaction with students and clients having suitable coping can help them succeed in their jobs and social acceptance more than before.