The effectiveness of resilience and psychological toughness training program on job satisfaction and motivation to progress (case study: employees of Alborz Gas Company)

The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of the resilience and psychological toughness training program on the job satisfaction and motivation of employees of Alborz Gas Company. The research method is semi-experimental and practical in terms of purpose. The statistical population of this research consists of all the employees of Alborz Gas Company in 1401, among the 187 people who were investigated by simple random sampling method, twenty people who scored below the average in the research variables Purposive sampling was selected and participated in the experimental research. In this research, the selected samples participated in a twelve-hour training course on strengthening resilience and psychological toughness, and the levels of all four dependent and independent variables were measured. Kubasa's stubbornness, Connor and Davidson's resilience questionnaires, DeLong's career development assessment, and Spector's job satisfaction (JSS) were used to collect information. Data were analyzed using SPSS 24 and PLS 2 software. After ensuring the normality of the research data, the paired t-test was used. The analysis of the data obtained from the comparison of the average scores before and after the intervention in all four variables indicates that there is a significant difference in job satisfaction, psychological toughness, resilience, and motivation to progress in the experimental group before and after the intervention, which shows that It has the effect of educational intervention.