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Job Demands-Resources and Personal Resources as Risk and Safety Factors for the Professional Burnout Among University Teachers
Job Demands-Resources and Personal Resources as Risk and Safety Factors for the Professional Burnout Among University Teachers

Author(s): Aurelija Stelmokienė, Giedrė Genevičiūtė-Janonė, Loreta Gustainienė, Kristina Kovalčikienė
Subject(s): Labor relations, Higher Education
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: professional burnout; job demands;personal resources; job resources; university teachers;

Summary/Abstract: The study was oriented to identify the main risk and safety factors for the professionalburnout among university teachers in Lithuania. 257 participants filled up a self-administeredquestionnaire in a cross-sectional survey. 42.8 percent of university teachers in Lithuania indicatedthat are often or permanently suffering from professional burnout. Quantitative and emotionaldemands alongside with perceived social support from a supervisor acted as risk factors, andpersonal resources and social support from colleagues – assafety factors for the professionalburnout.

  • Issue Year: 134/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 25-44
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English