Study on the Relationship between Social Workers’ Organizational Cultural Identification and Job Burnout

Abstract Using the concept of consistency matching in person–environment fit theory, this study explored the relationship between social workers’ organizational cultural identification and job burnout and the mediating effect of job satisfaction. For the empirical analysis, this study used 1,174 cross-sectional sample data points from the China Social Work Longitudinal Study published in 2019. The results show that organizational cultural identification has a negative predictive effect on job burnout and that job satisfaction has a mediating effect on the relationship between organizational cultural identification and job burnout. This study clarified the intermediate mechanisms by which job satisfaction affects the relationship between organizational cultural identification and job burnout, and expanded the research on the association between organizational cultural identification and job burnout. Finally, this study proposes some positive countermeasures and suggestions for enhancing the cultural identity of social work organizations, increasing concern for social workers’ job satisfaction, and encouraging and cultivating social workers’ positive work emotions.