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Self-reported burnout among secondary Indian school teachers : role- related variables and locus of control.

dc.contributor.advisorRamphal, Anandpaul.
dc.contributor.authorPadayachee, Preglathan Gopaul.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-12T07:46:52Z
dc.date.available2011-05-12T07:46:52Z
dc.date.created1992
dc.date.issued1992
dc.descriptionThesis (M.Ed.)-University of Durban-Westville, 1992.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe main aim of this study was to gain an overall estimate of the incidence of self-reported burnout among Indian secondary school teachers. Other secondary, though closely related aims were: a) to determine whether teachers differ, with respect to selected background variables, in their perceptions of burnout; b) to investigate the differences, if any, in the responses of burnoutees and non-burnoutees to 25 selected role-related variables with a view to examining the relationship between such variables and burnout; and c) to examine the distribution of burnoutees and nonburnoutees on an internal - external locus of control dichotomy with a view to examining the relationship between this personality construct and burnout. The sample of Level One secondary school teachers in this study (N = 690) was randomly selected from a list of all Indian secondary schools in the greater Durban area (N = 59). Teachers responded to a four-part questionnaire designed to gather data relating to demographic characteristics, role-related stressors, locus of control and degree of burnout. The Maslach Burnout Inventory was used to determine whether a respondent was a "burnoutee" or a "non-burnoutee". It included 3 subscales relating to Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalisation and Personal Accomplishment. The major findings of this study were as follows: a) Approximately 1 in 4 teachers in the sample saw himself/herself as a "burnoutee". b) When teachers were grouped according to background variables, the incidence of burnout was found to be greater among female, married, younger, less experienced, graduate and low-salaried teachers. c) The majority of both "burnoutees" and "non-burnoutees" in this study were unhappy with teaching and found it to be only "moderately satisfying". Many also declared that teaching had not lived up to their expectations and that they would readily change to an entirely new kind of occupation if they had to start their careers afresh. The low degree of satisfaction was found to correlate with perceived feelings of burnout. Older teachers, however, enjoyed greater job satisfaction than their younger counterparts. d) No relationship was found between the personality construct of Locus of Control and burnout.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/2839
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectTeachers, Indian--KwaZulu-Natal.en_US
dc.subjectTeachers--Job stress--Prevention.en_US
dc.subjectTheses--Education.en_US
dc.subjectBurnout, Professional--Psychology.en_US
dc.subjectTeachers--Job stress.en_US
dc.titleSelf-reported burnout among secondary Indian school teachers : role- related variables and locus of control.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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