In this study, it was aimed at determining what kind of effect vocational satisfaction has on the relation between organizational commitment and burnout as well as whether organizational commitment has an indirect effect on the relation between vocational satisfaction and burnout. When preparing the survey conducted on 589 health employees of two different public hospitals in Ankara, Vocational Satisfaction Scale of Kuzgun, Aydemir-Sevim and Hamamcı (1998), Organizational Commitment Scale of Meyer and Allen (1990), Burnout Scale of Maslach and Jackson (1981) were used. According to their Cronbach Alpha coefficients, scales were found to be highly reliable for this sample. Via analysis of factors, they were validated with 2-factor structure of vocational satisfaction, 3-factor structure of organizational commitment and 3-factor structure of burnout. As a result of regression analysis, it was seen that there are significant and positive direct effects in the relationship between vocational satisfaction and organizational commitment and that there is significant and negative direct effects in the relationship between vocational satisfaction and burnout. It was seen that whereas there is a significant and positive direct effects in the relationship burnout and organizational commitment, continuance commitment dimension of organizational commitment has negative direct effect on emotional exhaustion and depersonalization dimensions of burnout. In addition to this, it was seen that organizational commitment has partial indirect effect in the relationship between vocational satisfaction and burnout.
