investigating the effect work-family conflict on burnout with the mediating effect of psychological capital in governmental banks of gonabad

today, many people are faced with stress in the workplace. burnout as a syndrome of emotional exhaustion is proposed to reduce the effectiveness of professional people. burnout is consequence of job stress and job pressures. moreover, one of the factors that cause stress at work is work – family conflict, that arise from maladaptive pressures the role of family and job. however, today's researchers are looking for positive organizational behavior-oriented, that seeking to increase employee's mental resources. this study aims to explore the relationship between work-family conflict and burnout with the mediating role of psychological capital in this relationship amongst employees of governmental banks of gonabad. data was gathered through questionnaires used in previous studies reaffirming the validity and reliability and by conducting convenience random sampling. from collected questionnaires, 130 were confirmed to be valid for analysis. research type was survey-analytical and based on structural equation modeling. findings illustrated mediation of psychological capital in the relationship between work-family conflict and burnout.