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Determinants of Job Burnout among School Teachers
Khalid Zaman
Abstract:
This study conceptualized and examined the relationship between job burnout and various organizational / personal factors among schoolteachers. Organizational factors assessed included job demands, work overload, lack of autonomy, role conflict and ambiguity. Personal factors included locus of control and work family conflict. A sample of 120 teachers (both male and female) aged ranged from 25 to 45 years from govt and private schools were administered Job Burnout Questionnaire. Results revealed significant positive relationship between organizational factors and job burnout. Moreover, there was negative relationship between teacher’s locus of control and job burnout. There were no significant gender differences among teachers regarding different organizational and personal factors except work overload and job burnout. Additionally, there is no significant difference revealed in job burnout between govt and private sectors. The findings highlighted the critical role of organizational demands and personal control in understanding burnout in schoolteachers.
Keywords:
Job burnout, Job demands, Work overload, lack of autonomy, family conflict, locus of control, Organizational factors, personal factors
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