Does school context matter? Relations with teacher burnout and job satisfaction

This study examined relations between teachers' perception of the school context, teacher burnout, and teacher job satisfaction. Participants were 563 Norwegian teachers in elementary school and middle school. Four aspects of teachers' perception of the school context (supervisory support, time pressure, relations to parents, and autonomy) and three dimensions of teacher burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment) were measured. The data were analyzed by means of structural equation modelling using the AMOS 5 program. Teachers' job satisfaction was directly related to two of the dimensions of burnout (emotional exhaustion and reduced personal accomplishment) and indirectly related to all aspects of the school context, through emotional exhaustion and reduced personal accomplishment. The three dimensions of burnout were differently related to the school context variables. Emotional exhaustion was most strongly related to time pressure whereas depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment were most strongly related to teachers' relations with parents. Implications for both research and educational practices are discussed.     

Classroom Management Self-Efficacy and Burnout: A Multivariate Meta-analysis

Like many in the human services professions, teachers are susceptible to the feelings of burnout due to their job demands, as well as interactions with students, colleagues, administrators, and parents. Many studies have identified teacher burnout as one of the crucial components influencing teacher attrition. It has been suggested that self-efficacy is a protective factor against burnout. By way of multivariate meta-analysis, we examined the evidence for classroom management self-efficacy (CMSE) in relation to the three dimensions of burnout: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and (lowered) personal accomplishment. Results from sixteen studies indicate that there is a significant relationship between classroom management self-efficacy and the three dimensions of burnout, suggesting that teachers with higher levels of CMSE are less likely to experience the feelings of burnout. Practical implications, as well recommendations for future research, are discussed.     

Emotional intelligence and components of burnout among Chinese secondary school teachers in Hong Kong

The relationships among four components of emotional intelligence (emotional appraisal, positive regulation, empathic sensitivity, and positive utilization) and three components of teacher burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment) were investigated in a sample of 167 Chinese secondary school teachers in Hong Kong. One hypothesized and five competing models were constructed and tested using structural equation modeling procedures. The hypothesized model provided an adequate and moderately good fit, suggesting that emotional exhaustion, influenced by emotional appraisal and positive regulation, was causally prior to depersonalization and personal accomplishment, but personal accomplishment could develop relatively independently from the burnout components through the influence of positive utilization of emotions. Implications of the findings on the articulation of components of emotional intelligence and burnout for preventive intervention efforts to combat burnout are discussed.     

职业院校教师工作倦怠与人格特质的相关研究

本研究旨在考察职业院校教师的人格特征与工作倦怠的关系。采用艾森克人格问卷和高校教师工作倦怠问卷,抽取6所职业院校的421名教师进行测查。结果：（1）职业院校教师的工作倦怠整体水平不严重。男教师在个人成就感降低维度上的得分显著高于女教师,11～20年和30年及以上教龄的教师在组织去人性化维度上的得分显著高于5年及以下教龄的教师,在组织去人性化、情绪枯竭、科研耗尽感,工作倦怠上,已婚教师得分显著高于未婚教师。（2）神经质和外倾性对工作倦怠及其各维度的预测作用均显著,精神质仅对个人成就感降低维度的预测作用显著。结论：职业院校教师的工作倦怠水平较低,人格特质能够较好地预测工作倦怠水平。     

高职院校教师工作压力与工作倦怠的相关研究

目的:探讨高职院校教师工作压力与工作倦怠的关系。方法:以某沿海省份6所高职院校的421名教师为研究对象,采用工作压力问卷和高校教师工作倦怠问卷进行调查。结果:1.高职院校教师的工作倦怠整体水平不严重,个人成就感维度的性别差异显著,男教师显著高于女教师。教龄在组织去人性化维度上差异显著。在组织去人性化、情绪枯竭、科研耗尽感三个维度上,未婚教师得分显著低于已婚教师。工作压力维度上,性别在工作无乐趣维度上差异显著,教龄在职称评聘维度上差异显著。2.工作压力各维度均能够预测工作倦怠及其各维度。结论:高职院校教师工作倦怠程度并不严重,工作压力能够较好地预测工作倦怠。     

城市初中教师工作倦怠状况及其社会支持的关系研究

以400名城市初中教师为被试,采用问卷调查法,考察了城市初中教师工作倦怠状况,详细探讨了工作倦怠各维度与社会支持各来源和类型之间的具体关系。结果发现,城市初中教师的情绪衰竭程度较为严重;男、女教师的工作倦怠程度没有显著差异;教龄为1年的教师工作倦怠程度最轻,其次是教龄为6-10年的教师;普通校教师的情绪衰竭和去人性化程度比示范校教师严重,但个人效能感水平不存在显著差异;社会支持对提高教师个人效能感的作用最大;就降低教师工作倦怠程度来说,来源于校领导的支持最为有效,情感支持比实际支持的作用更大;同事支持反而增加了教师的情绪衰竭程度。     

高中阶段教师职业枯竭的多层研究

通过对29所高中阶段学校763名教师的问卷调查,探讨了教师个体水平变量和集体水平变量对教师职业枯竭的预测作用.多层分析结果表明:(1)教师教学效能、应对效能和工作压力分别对职业枯竭具有显著预测作用,且存在学校间差异;(2)学校水平的集体效能变量能显著正向预期工作压力与情绪衰竭、工作压力与非人性化、应对效能和知识枯竭以及应对效能与个人成就感之间的关系.     

新世纪的关注热点：教师职业倦怠

教师职业倦怠是教师长期处于工作压力下的一种极端反应 ,它是包括情绪衰竭、非人性化和低成就感在内的一种综合症状群。教师职业倦怠是一种职业性伤害 ,其存在给教师、学生乃至整个社会都带来了极大的影响 ,它的产生原因既有社会组织因素又有个人因素。解决教师职业倦怠可从个人、组织和社会三方面入手     

高校辅导员职业倦怠成因分析及克服对策研究

辅导员队伍面临着很重要的问题就是情感耗竭,人格解体,没有很高的个人成就感等,这样的职业倦怠会影响到高校思政工作的顺利进行,也会影响人才的培养质量。改善高校辅导员的职业倦怠问题显得尤为重要,所以要从辅导员职业倦怠的具体表现出发,分析问题出现的原因,从学校以及辅导员本身提出一些思考性对策,将大学生思想政治教育工作顺利进行下去。     

An analysis of burnout and job satisfaction among Turkish special school headteachers and teachers,and the factors effecting their burnout and job satisfaction

This study explores issues of burnout and job satisfaction among special school headteachers and teachers in Turkey. The purpose of the study is to determine whether there is a difference between headteachers' and teachers' burnout and job satisfaction in terms of work status, gender and work experiences, and to analyse the factors effecting their burnout and job satisfaction. In this paper, a quantitative approach has been used: 295 subjects (33 special school headteachers and 262 special school teachers) responded to the survey. As the research instruments, the Job Satisfaction Scale and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used to measure job satisfaction and burnout levels in terms of the dimensions of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment. The study results indicated that special school headteachers felt less personal accomplishment than special school teachers. However, there were no significant differences between headteachers and teachers on two burnout dimensions, namely emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, and job satisfaction. In terms of gender, males have less emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment but higher depersonalization than their female counterparts. Females have higher job satisfaction than their male counterparts. In relation to their work experiences, more experienced subjects have higher emotional exhaustion and depersonalization than their less experienced colleagues, and also less job satisfaction than less experienced counterparts. However, more experienced subjects who participated in the study felt higher personal accomplishment than the others.     

商丘市初中教师工作倦怠状况及其社会支持的关系研究

This study surveyed the current situation of teacher burnout in a sample of 400 teachers from urban junior high school in Shangqiu of Henan Province with scales, and examined the relationship between dimensions of teacher burnout and sources and types of social support they received. The results show that Shangqiu urban junior high school teachers’ emotional exhaustion is serious; gender does not affect the score of burnout significantly; teachers with 1 year job experience recorded significantly lower scores of burnout than others, and teachers who have worked for 6–10 years is second; urban junior high school level affects the score of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization significantly, but does not affect reduced personal accomplishment; social support is most important to enhance feelings of the teacher’s personal accomplishment; among all the sources, supervisor and principal support is the most significant predictor of teacher burnout; emotional support is more significant predictor of teacher burnout than practical support; peer support increases the teacher’s emotional exhaustion. __________ Translated from Jiaoshi Jiaoyu Yanjiu 教师教育研究(Teacher Education Research), 2007, 19(3): 65–71     

A longitudinal study of teacher burnout and perceived self-efficacy in classroom management

This study examined the direction and time-frame of relationships between perceived self-efficacy in classroom management and the three dimensions of burnout among 243 secondary school teachers. Structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses indicated that perceived self-efficacy had a longitudinal effect on depersonalization and a synchronous effect on personal accomplishment. However, the direction was reversed for the relationship between perceived self-efficacy and emotional exhaustion; the time frame was synchronous. It was concluded that perceived self-efficacy in classroom management must be taken into consideration when devising interventions both to prevent and to treat burnout among secondary school teachers.     

Predicting intraindividual changes in teacher burnout: The role of perceived school environment and motivational factors

Based on self-determination theory, this study proposes and tests a motivational model of intraindividual changes in teacher burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment). Participants were 806 French-Canadian teachers in public elementary and high schools. Results show that changes in teachers’ perceptions of classroom overload and students’ disruptive behavior are negatively related to changes in autonomous motivation, which in turn negatively predict changes in emotional exhaustion. Results also indicate that changes in teachers’ perceptions of students’ disruptive behaviors and school principal’s leadership behaviors are related to changes in self-efficacy, which in turn negatively predict changes in three burnout components.     

成都市“80后”小学教师职业倦怠研究与现状调查

将教师职业倦怠研究对象设定为热点"80后",通过实证研究发现成都市"80后"小学教师存在职业倦怠,其情绪衰竭、低成就感表现程度中等,非人性化程度较前两维度略低。依据教师职业生涯周期理论和教师职业倦怠理论,梳理职业倦怠数据,并与"60后"、"70后"相关数据比较,分析出成都市"80后"小学教师职业倦怠具有的独特性和代际特质。     

Burnout,Self‐efficacy,and Successful Intelligence among Chinese Prospective and In‐service School Teachers in Hong Kong

This study assessed the three components of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and reduced personal accomplishment), perceived self‐efficacy, and the three triarchic abilities (analytical, synthetic, and practical) of successful intelligence in a sample of 267 Chinese prospective and in‐service teachers in Hong Kong. The aim was to explore and examine the contribution of the blending or integration of the triarchic abilities to the three components of teacher burnout and perceived self‐efficacy. While there were subtle gender and teaching‐experience differences, the general findings suggested that the triarchic abilities, especially practical abilities, could independently contribute to teachers’ sense of personal accomplishment as well as perceived self‐efficacy. The interactive combination of the triarchic abilities could be most important in contributing negatively to emotional exhaustion. The implications of these findings for interventions to combat teacher burnout and enhance job engagement are discussed.     

地方高校学生学习倦怠的调查与对策

学习倦怠是指学生对学习没有兴趣或缺乏动力却不得不为之时,就会感到厌烦,从而产生一种身心俱疲、并消极对待学习活动的状态。采用大学生学习倦怠问卷,对200名地方高校学生进行调查。得出以下主要结论：地方高校学生存在中等程度的学习倦怠;男生的情绪耗竭程度高于女生;不同年级大学生的倦怠程度、低成就感水平不同;不同学习成绩的大学生除了在人格解体这一维度外,在其它维度和总分上都表现出显著差异。可以通过优化课程体系、改进教学方法、增强专业认同感、提高学习能力和进行心理健康教育等措施缓解地方高校大学生学习倦怠。     

高校教师职业倦怠的调查研究

目的:调查高校教师职业倦怠状况及影响因素。方法:对404名高校教师用MB I进行测试。结果:高校教师在情感衰竭维度上男教师显著高于女教师,在成就感维度上女教师得分显著高于男教师,学历对高校教师职业倦怠各维度影响显著,教龄对高校教师职业倦怠的影响没有达到显著性水平。结果:高校教师职业倦怠程度并不严重。     

The mechanism of teaching–research conflict influencing job burnout among university teachers: The roles of perceived supervisor support and psychological capital

This study examined the relationship between teaching–research conflict and job burnout among university teachers and the moderating role of perceived supervisor support (PSS) and psychological capital (PsyCap) in this relationship. Using a cross-sectional design, data were collected from a convenience sample of 488 university teachers in China. Hierarchical regression analysis was performed to examine the moderating role of PSS and PsyCap in the relationship between teaching–research conflict and job burnout. The results showed that (a) teaching–research conflict was positively linked to emotional exhaustion and depersonalization but negatively linked to personal accomplishment, (b) PSS moderated the effects of teaching–research conflict on both emotional exhaustion and depersonalization but did not act as a moderator in the relationship between teaching–research conflict and personal accomplishment, and (c) PsyCap moderated the effect of teaching–research conflict on all three dimensions of job burnout.     

地方高校教师工作倦怠初步分析与评价

采用工作倦怠问卷(BM)对地方高校教师进行调查,初步考察大学教师的工作倦怠检出率,结果发现:倦怠整体基本呈正态分布,工龄变量在动机丧失因素上呈显著差异;倦怠三因素耗竭、士气消沉、动机丧失的检出率分别为27.94%、23.53%、32.35%;倦怠综合评价结果为:零倦怠占16.1%,轻度倦怠占63.23%,中度倦怠占19.1%,高度倦怠占1.47%。     

The experience of burnout among English language teachers in Iran: self and other determinants

Burnout in teachers is an important concern since it adversely impacts their instruction as well as their psychological, mental, and physical health. The present study examined the levels of burnout (i.e. emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment) experienced by Iranian English language teachers. Specifically, the relationships of participants’ gender, workplace context, grade level taught, and teaching experience to their burnout were investigated. Data were collected from 40 teachers using the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Overall, findings revealed that English teachers (N = 40) were experiencing high levels of reduced personal accomplishment (M = 18.72) and emotional exhaustion (M = 17.80). Results of one-way ANOVA showed significant differences among English language teachers with respect to burnout subscales. Significant correlations were found between burnout, workplace context, and grade level taught. A number of helpful suggestions for programs and individuals involved in relieving stress and burnout among teachers are presented.