Work environment predictors of beginning teacher burnout

By R. Goddard, P. O’Brien, M. Goddard. 2006

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This study investigated elements of school environments that explain variance in burnout scores in a sample of university graduates from Brisbane, Australia, two years after they commenced work as teachers. Using a longitudinal survey methodology, 79 beginning teachers completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) on four occasions over a two-year period, first, six weeks after they commenced work as teachers and finally, in the concluding term of their second year of teaching. Beginning teachers also completed the Work Environment Scale each time they were surveyed. The revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire was administered when the graduands were first surveyed. In a series of hierarchical regression analyses, reports of how innovative the work environment was perceived to be added significantly to the explanation of variance in all three MBI subscales after first controlling for initial levels of burnout and the personality trait Neuroticism.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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Trait Emotional Intelligence of Greek Special Education Teachers in Relation to Burnout and Job Satisfaction (2010, background): “…from administrators or school leadership, low income and poor prospects of promotion, lack of proper staff development, etc. (Borg and Riding, 1991; Goddard et al., 2006; Kyriakou, 1987; Mearns and Cain, 2003); (b) demographic factors such as age, gender, years of experience and family status of…”
How times change: secondary teachers' job satisfaction and dissatisfaction in 1962 and 2007 (2009, background): “Abel & Sewell, 1998; Goddard et al , 2006 ) receiving considerable attention in recent years.”
Occupational Stress and Professional Burnout in Teachers of Primary and Secondary Education: The Role of Coping Strategies (2013, background): “Several studies indicate that work environment is important predictor of beginning teachers' burnout (Friedman, 2000; Goddard , O'Brien, & Goddard, 2006).”
“Reality Shock” of Beginning Teachers? Changes in Teacher Candidates’ Emotional Exhaustion and Constructivist-Oriented Beliefs (2020, background): “On the one hand, we expected constructivist beliefs to decline (e.g., Luft et al., 2011) and emotional exhaustion to increase (e.g., Goddard et al., 2006) during the induction program right after beginning teachers begin teaching (e.g., Gavish & Friedman, 2010).”
Getting Personal with Teacher Burnout: A Longitudinal Study on the Development of Burnout Using a Person-Based Approach. (2013, background): “Previous research suggests that the initial period of employment is especially challenging for beginning teachers (e.g., Cherniss, 1980a; Goddard et al., 2006).”