Four stages of teacher burnout (survival, transition, creativity, and burnout) are considered, and a strategy of personal growth for teachers of severely handicapped, autistic children is suggested. (CL)

Two hundred forty deaf education professionals completed an inventory on burnout, career motivation, and job satisfaction. Teachers of deaf students were more likely to experience burnout than teachers of nonhandicapped children and teachers aged 27 through 30 expressed the highest degree of emotional exhaustion. (CL)

Suggestions for personal development activities for teachers to serve as antidotes for teacher burnout and complacency are listed. (JMF)

Describes a content analysis of 106 articles in business journals that attempted to determine the role and responsibility of management as it relates to employee stress or burnout. Results are compared to those of an earlier study of the literature of reference librarianship, and suggestions for future research are included. (Author/LRW)

Offers some concrete suggestions for teachers in a school-within-a-school program regarding how they can best serve their students and, at the same time, avoid burning out. (RS)

Measures of social support, personality, and workload were related to psychological burnout among 149 college students. High levels of burnout were predicted by negative temperament and subjective workload, but actual workload (academic and vocational) had little to do with burnout. Low levels of burnout were predicted by positive temperament,…

Describes research conducted among employees of a private psychiatric hospital regarding a job stress and burnout model. Concludes that both participation in decision making and social support have impacts on perceived workplace stress, burnout, satisfaction, and commitment for caregivers and support personnel. Discusses implications of the model…

Reviews the literature on the topic of burnout and librarianship, and concludes that little effort has been made to address this issue. The findings of a survey of librarians that examined how much they know about stress management are used to confirm the need for stress management training in librarianship. The questionnaire used is appended. (46…

Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses investigated the dimensionality of a modification of the Maslach Burnout Inventory. The sample of 147 fifth-year college students in an elementary teacher training program demonstrated the multidimensional construct validity of the new instrument--the College Student Survey--within the theoretical…

Examined relationship between status of residence hall staff, health habits, length of time in position, type of residence hall, and burnout in college resident advisors and head residents (N=76). Found health habits and type of residence hall supervised related to burnout but status and time in position did not. (Author/ABL)

What is meant by principal burnout is explored, and predictors of burnout identified in the research literature are examined. How school district personnel can assist in alleviating and preventing burnout is discussed. Recommendations center on recognition of stress, support systems, training, and enhancement of professional growth opportunities.…

Reviews theoretical work on emotional communication and burnout, concentrating on the Empathic Communication Model of Burnout. Tests hypotheses with a sample of workers who provide services to the homeless. Suggests that the moderating variables of job involvement, organizational role, and attitude about service recipients influence the impact of…

Explores school counselor's role in helping gifted students develop effective strategies to reduce desire to underachieve or overextend. Examines how self-inflicted stress can lead gifted students to invoke either copout behavior (overt reduction in achievement) or burnout behavior (maintaining facade of high achieving while succumbing to physical…

A form of melancholia characterized by the negating of a college faculty member's professional motivation, positive attitudinal focus, and personal self-esteem is described. This "professorial melancholia" has three stages: (1) causal factors are beginning to have an effect; (2) progressive influence and noticeable impact; and (3) serious impact…

Develops and tests a causal model of the relationship among burnout, communication, organizational stressors, and outcomes in the educational setting. Finds that the causal model developed indicates that teachers' workload and support from their principal influenced role conflict and role ambiguity. Finds that these role stressors, in turn,…