Burnout among senior teachers. Investigating the role of workload and interpersonal relationships at work

Filip Van Droogenbroeck; Bram Spruyt; Christophe Vanroelen

Abstract

According to the 'intensification' thesis external pressures from policy makers, supervisors, parents and experts fuels an ever-expanding teaching role and associated workload. Against that background, we examined how four interpersonal relationships (students, colleagues, supervisors and parents), teaching-related and non-teaching-related workload (e.g. paperwork) and autonomy are related to teacher burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment). The participants were 1,878 Flemish teachers aged 45 or older. The data was analyzed by means of structural equation modeling. Interpersonal relationships were differentially related to burnout. Teaching-related and non-teaching-related workload were both related to emotional exhaustion. Autonomy was most strongly related to non-teaching-related workload.

HIGHLIGHTS:
* INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS ARE DIFFERENTIALLY RELATED TO THE BURNOUT DIMENSIONS
* RELATIONS WITH STUDENTS ARE STRONGEST RELATED TO THE THREE BURNOUT DIMENSIONS
* SUPERVISORS PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN GIVING TEACHERS MORE AUTONOMY
* MORE AUTONOMY LEADS TO LESS DISSATISFACTION WITH NON-TEACHING-RELATED WORKLOAD
* OUR DATA SUPPORTS THE SEQUENTIAL PROCESS MODEL OF BURNOUT

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Paper presented at the ECER 2013
Publication status	Published - 10 Sep 2013
Event	European Conference on Educational Research 2013 - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 9 Sep 2013 → 13 Sep 2013

Conference

Conference	European Conference on Educational Research 2013
Abbreviated title	ECER 2013
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Period	9/09/13 → 13/09/13

Keywords

Teacher Burnout
Teacher Autonomy
Workload
Social Support
Intensification

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