Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• hossein behravan ¹
• Seyyed Alireza Anvari ²
• Mahnaz Shariat ³

¹ armanrazavi higher education institute

² , Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.

³ Arman Razavi Institute of Higher Education,

Abstract

Social work is one of the helping professions that serve vulnerable and disadvantaged groups. To provide effective services to these groups and to empower them, it is essential that social workers have an appropriate quality of work life. Accordingly, this study was designed and conducted to examine the quality of work life of social workers. The research method was quantitative, and a survey approach was employed. The statistical population comprised all social workers employed in mission-oriented organizations in Tehran. Based on the sampling method, 380 individuals were selected, and data were collected using a questionnaire. The findings indicate that the quality of work life of social workers in the studied population is slightly below average. Furthermore, the quality of work life is significantly related to marital status, level of education, employing organization, and employment history, while no significant relationship was found with gender or type of university degree. In addition, the findings show that the dimensions of quality of work life explain 71 percent of the overall quality of work life index of social workers. Based on these results, improving the quality of work life of social workers can be considered one of the key strategies for policymakers and managers to enhance service effectiveness for clients and to improve governance in addressing social problems and harms.

Keywords

• : mission-oriented organizations
• quality of work life
• social workers
• components of the quality of work life

Main Subjects

• this journal publishes authoritative articles in the following areas: Social work Social Welfare Social health Social Security Social Issues Norms