LOCUS OF CONTROL IN GEORGIAN TEACHERS AND ITS RELATION TO TEACHER BURNOUT
Journal Title: Problems of Management in the 21st Century - Year 2011, Vol 11, Issue 1
Abstract
The intensive reforms taking place in general education feld in Georgia impose considerable stress to those engaged in teaching profession. This may gradually lead to the condition of professional burnout of teachers. According to the conducted research some teachers have experienced burnout while others did not. The purpose of the present research is to identify how the personal quality such as control of locus may have influenced the level of burnout in Georgian teachers. Two self-assessment instruments, Rotter Scale and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), were used in this research to measure control of locus type and level of burnout among Georgian teachers. Two questionnaires were distributed among 407 teachers at Public schools of Georgia. After dismissing inaccurately flled out questionnaires the analysis was conducted based on the data received from 373 questionnaires. The research fndings revealed that Georgian teachers with internal locus of control are less likely to become professional burnout victims. Signifcant correlations proved to exist between locus of control orientation and teacher burnout on Emotional Exhaustion (EE) and Personal Achievements (PA) subscales of MBI. The article explores the opportunities to change locus of control from external to internal as a part of teacher professional development activities guided by school Principals and through redesigning of teacher preparation programs in order to make teachers more resistant to professional burnout.
Authors and Affiliations
Maya Bitsadze, Marine Japaridze
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP32200
- DOI -
- Views 319
- Downloads 0
PILOT STUDY OF TEACHER BURNOUT IN GEORGIAN CONTEXT
Modern schools have multiple demands to teachers causing prolonged stress often resulting in professional burnout. Research on teacher burnout is conducted at various countries of the world. Taking into account the sig...
FAIR COMPETITION AND MANAGEMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
As part of the rapprochement between juridical science and management science, alongside the disciplines of Law and Economics and Law and Finance a new approach known as Law and Management has appeared (Masson & Bouthino...
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AS A KEY DETERMINANT OF SUPERIOR NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PERFORMANCE
Based on a review of prior studies, this research seeks to enrich the management literature by examining and empirically testing the impact of each of the strategic management practices (environmental scanning, strateg...
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE AND TASK-CONTEXTUAL PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES
The present study was conducted to determine the relationships between the emotional competence and task-contextual performance of employees. Data were gathered from 342 employees working in state and private banks. Re...
MANAGEMENT OF SELF-DEFENSE OF THE MUNICIPALITIES – PREPARATION FOR THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AT DISASTERS
The research, which was started in 2013 focuses on the decision-making process after vis-mayor situations (Dobó, 2013). Disaster Management in Hungary is a less known and researched area. However, over the last years na...