The Mediating Role of Job Burnout in the Relationship between Quality Management Practices and Quality of Work Life

  • Nouf Al-Attas
الكلمات المفتاحية: quality management practices, quality of work life, job burnout

الملخص

This research aims to examine the effect of quality management practices on the quality of work life, the effect of quality management practices on job burnout, the effect of life on the quality of work life, and the mediating role of work life in the relationship between quality management practices and the quality of work life among employees in human resources departments. To achieve the objectives of the research, the researcher employed a descriptive and analytical approach, selecting a random sample of 220 employees working in Saudi public institutions. Primary data were collected using a questionnaire specifically designed for this study. The data were analyzed using appropriate statistical tests to identify statistically significant indicators relevant to the research topic. The findings revealed that quality management practices can predict the quality of work life and job burnout, and that job burnout, in turn, can predict the quality of work life. The study also found that life has a moderate but significant effect on the quality of work life, explaining 45% of its variance when acting as a mediating variable between quality management practices and the quality of work life.

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منشور
2026-04-24
كيفية الاقتباس
Nouf Al-Attas. (2026). The Mediating Role of Job Burnout in the Relationship between Quality Management Practices and Quality of Work Life . Journal of Arts, Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences, (130), 417-444. https://doi.org/10.33193/JALHSS.130.2026.1661
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