Burnout in Teachers: Causes, Effects, and Strategies

BURNOUT IN TEACHERS
Work and organizational psychology

INTRODUCTION
 Burnout could be referred to a situation where an
individual is overworked or underpaid
 The burnout is mainly characterised by stress
overburden, emotional and physical fatigue.
 As mentioned by Cherniss (2016), workplace burnout
can often make an individual feel isolated or
overworked.

REVIEW OF RELEVANT RESEARCH
 The symptoms of
burnout within a
teacher could be
associated with three
different factors which
are – emotional
exhaustion,
depersonalisation and
personal
accomplishment

CONTD..
 As suggested by Wang et al. (2015), the
sharing of responsibilities and approval
of colleagues matter the most
 Some of the most common reasons which
have been cited for demoralization within
the teachers are low pay, less chances for
the implementation of creative teaching
and learning skills.
 As mentioned by Lindqvist et al. (2018),
one of the major reasons for the
teachers feeling less oriented in their job
roles was due to administrative
confusion.