Organizational Climate and Burnout Among High School Teachers

Mohsen Abedi

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Organizational atmosphere and burnout of high school teachers in Isfahan. The research method was correlation. The statistical population included all male high school teachers in Isfahan who were teaching in the 2018-2019 academic year. The sample size was estimated to be 300 people who were selected using multi-stage cluster sampling method. Data collection tools were Lithuanian-Stringer organizational climate and burnout questionnaires. The obtained data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient, stepwise regression analysis and t-test using SPSS-16 statistical program. The results showed: a significant relationship between the total score of organizational climate and burnout. There is a significant relationship between the total score of organizational climate and burnout in men (Sig. = 0.023). The results also show that there is a significant relationship between the total score of organizational climate and burnout in women. (Sig. = 0.011) Also, the results showed that there is a significant difference between the mean score of burnout in men and women (Sig. = 0.0001) In addition, the results showed that the component of burnout in the field of emotional fatigue is related to the subscales of responsibility, risk acceptance, support, conflict and organizational identity, which is statistically significant (p-value <0.05) and emotional fatigue with Other subscales of organizational climate have no significant relationship. Job burnout in the field of depersonalization has a significant relationship with all subscales of organizational climate. Also, burnout in the area of individual performance has no significant relationship with any of the subscales of organizational climate.

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