Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• reza mohamadi ¹
• akbar khorsandi yamchi ²

¹ University of Tehran

² National Education Testing Organization

Abstract

The purpose of the present research was to Identifying the pattern of structural relationships of Factors Influencing elementary teachers' job burnout on the cities of Tehran province. In terms of purpose, it was an applied research, and in terms of the research method it was survey–correlation. The study population included all the elementary teachers' from cities of Tehran province that 1147 people were selected through multi-stage cluster random. To collect data, a researcher-made questionnaire of factors influencing job burnout questionnaire were used. The questionnaires validity was confirmed by a panel of experts, and also its reliability (the Cronbach's alpha) was reported as 0.763. The data were analyzed by Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Structural Equation. The result showed that between the dimensions of organizational factors, dimensions of job factors and individual motivation with the dimensions of job burnout is a negative and significant correlation at level of 0.01. Also, structural equation analysis showed that job factors well play the role of mediator on the relationship between organizational factors and job burnout, and the relationship between individual factors and job burnout.

Keywords

• Job burnout
• Organizational factors
• Job factors
• Individual factors
• Elementary teachers

Main Subjects

• Behavior and human relations in educational organizations