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Teacher Burnout and Lack of Reciprocity 1
Author(s) -
Horn Joan E.,
Schaufeli Wilmar B.,
Enzmann Dirk
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb01376.x
Subject(s) - burnout , psychology , social psychology , reciprocity (cultural anthropology) , interpersonal communication , interpersonal relationship , school teachers , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , pedagogy
Results are presented of a study on burnout among 249 Dutch elementary and secondary school teachers. The current study considers burnout in terms of the exchange of investments and outcomes at interpersonal (teacher‐student) and organizational (teacher‐school) levels. In addition, demographic (age and gender) and work‐related factors (school type, teaching experience, number of hours employed) are included. Findings show that when teachers invest more than they get back from their school, they report higher levels of emotional exhaustion. As expected, at the interpersonal level, low outcomes from students are related to higher burnout levels; whereas at the organizational level, low investments are related to higher burnout levels. These findings are discussed in terms of the extent to which psychological contact is more intimate or impersonal in both types of relationships.