An Exploration of the Burnout Situation on Teachers in Two Schools in Macau

Autor/inn/en	Luk, Andrew L.; Chan, Bessie P. S.; Cheong, Selwyne W.; Ko, Stanley K. K.
Titel	An Exploration of the Burnout Situation on Teachers in Two Schools in Macau
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 95 (2010) 3, S.489-502 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-009-9533-7
Schlagwörter	Social Influences; Teaching Conditions; Teacher Characteristics; Questionnaires; Well Being; Emotional Response; Age Differences; Marital Status; Teaching Experience; Educational Attainment; Teacher Salaries; Teacher Attitudes; Correlation; Fatigue (Biology); Teacher Burnout; Quality of Life; Problem Solving; Foreign Countries; Hong Kong; Maslach Burnout Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialer Einfluss; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Fragebogen; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Emotionales Verhalten; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Familienstand; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Lehrerverhalten; Korrelation; Fatigue; Ermüdung; Burnout-syndrom; Burnout; Teacher; Teachers; Burnout-Syndrom; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lebensqualität; Problemlösen; Ausland; Hongkong
Abstract	To explore the burnout situation of teachers in two schools in Macau and to investigate any differences made of demographic characteristics. The relation of burnout on social problem solving and holistic health of teachers is also studied. A self reported questionnaire with the Chinese Maslach Burnout Inventory (C-MBI), Chinese Social Problem Solving Inventory (C-SPSI) and the Body-Mind-Spirit Well-Being Inventory (BMSWBI) were used. Totally 138 teachers participated in the study. With Hong Kong data as a reference, Macau teachers scored in the average range of burnout in emotional exhaustion and depersonalization but scored in the low range of burnout in personal accomplishment. Significance differences were found in some dimensions of burnout in age, marital status, teaching experiences, education background and satisfaction with income. Both C-SPSI and BMSWBI were found to be significantly negative correlated with emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and positive correlated with personal achievement. The findings identified those with greater degree of burnout, to whom more attention should be paid. The study also contributed to the limited literature on the quality of life of teachers in Macau. Finally, the findings added on the data base for comparison internationally among the Chinese population. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10