Burnout in teaching activity: evidence of a study involving higher education institutions

Authors

  • Juliana Carvalho de Sousa Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA)/Docente
  • Agostinha Mafalda Barra de Oliveira Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA)/Docente
  • Pablo Marlon Medeiros da Silva Universidade Potiguar (UNP)/Doutorando em Administração
  • Lydia Maria Pinto Brito Universidade Potiguar (UNP)/Docente

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1983465928029

Abstract

The present research has the objective of investigating a relationship of the social, institutional and emotional aspects with Burnout syndrome incidence in teachers of higher education institutions in the city of Mossoró, RN. We chose a descriptive, quantitative research, and descriptive and inferential statistics, using Pearson's analysis as a statistical technique. A sample was attended by 103 teachers from three higher education institutions in the city of Mossoró. The results showed that among the investigated teachers, 43.7% had high levels of emotional exhaustion, 22.3% manifested levels of depersonalization, and 53.4% pointed of low professional achievement, generally revealing that 41% of respondents are a strong trend towards the development of a syndrome. Regarding correlations, among the analyzed aspects, all evidenced variables that showed a significant correlation. In this way, it can be inferred that the syndrome is multicausal.

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Author Biographies

Juliana Carvalho de Sousa, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA)/Docente

Departamento de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas/Administração

Agostinha Mafalda Barra de Oliveira, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA)/Docente

Departamento de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas/Administração

Pablo Marlon Medeiros da Silva, Universidade Potiguar (UNP)/Doutorando em Administração

Departamento de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas/Administração

Lydia Maria Pinto Brito, Universidade Potiguar (UNP)/Docente

Departamento de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas/Administração

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2020-07-29

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Sousa, J. C. de, Oliveira, A. M. B. de, Silva, P. M. M. da, & Brito, L. M. P. (2020). Burnout in teaching activity: evidence of a study involving higher education institutions. Revista De Administração Da UFSM, 13(3), 554–565. https://doi.org/10.5902/1983465928029

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