ERIC Number: ED497464
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jan-5
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The Burnout Phenomenon of Teachers under Various Conflicts
Zhou, Yan; Wen, Jian-xin
Online Submission, US-China Education Review, v4 n1 p37-44 Jan 2007
Teachers' burnout is common and harmful, especially high school teachers who work at county. From the perspective of education management, the paper provides descriptions and explanations of teachers and school administrators' behaviors and concepts of value. It found out that conflicts between them probably lead to teachers' burnout. It include the conflict between overloaded work pressure under strict school management and teachers' call for flexibility, the conflict between redundant roles of teachers and lack of specific organizational objectives, the conflict between unfair evaluation and teachers' call for fairness. The paper is aimed at finding out why these conflicts lead to teachers' burnout. (Contains 14 references.)
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Conflict, Burnout, Teacher Motivation, Organizational Objectives, School Administration, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Administrator Role, Teacher Role, Qualitative Research, Work Environment, Job Satisfaction, Labor Conditions, Quality of Working Life, Anxiety
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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