Examining the Relationship Between Teachers' Job Satisfaction and Occupational Burnout

Öğretmenlerin İş Doyumu ve Mesleki Tükenmişlikleri Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

This study aims to examine the relationship between teachers' job satisfaction and professional burnout according to teachers' opinions. A relational screening model was used in the study. According to the results of the study; teachers' job satisfaction was above average; their burnout levels were below average. While emotional exhaustion was the highest among the sub-dimensions of the Maslach burnout scale, depersonalization was the lowest. While internal satisfaction was the highest among the sub-dimensions of the Minnesota job satisfaction scale, external satisfaction was the lowest. In the examination according to gender; the perceptions of burnout of teachers did not change according to women and men, and in job satisfaction, men's job satisfaction perceptions were higher than women. It was revealed that Maslach burnout and Minnesota job satisfaction perceptions did not change according to age groups; married and single; undergraduate and graduate education status and professional experience groups. In the examination according to their satisfaction with working in the field of education; according to the perceptions of teachers, the perceptions of those who were not satisfied with Maslach burnout perceptions were higher than those who were satisfied. In Minnesota job satisfaction perceptions, the perceptions of those who were satisfied were higher than those who were not satisfied. According to the perceptions of teachers, there was no difference in Minnesota job satisfaction perceptions according to the status of choosing their profession willingly. However, there was a difference in Maslach burnout perceptions according to the status of choosing their profession willingly. This difference was in favor of those who did not choose their profession willingly. In Maslach burnout perceptions of teachers, the perceptions of those who did not consider resigning from their jobs were higher than those who considered. In Minnesota job satisfaction perceptions, the perceptions of those who did not consider resigning from their jobs were higher than those who considered. There is a moderate negative relationship between the general dimensions of Minnesota Job Satisfaction and Maslach Burnout of the teachers within the scope of the research. In addition, it is understood that teachers' Maslach burnout perceptions significantly predict Minnesota job satisfaction perceptions negatively. In other words, a 100-unit increase in the Maslach burnout dimension decreases Minnesota job satisfaction perceptions by 69.5%.