Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between the emotional intelligence and professional burnout levels of teachers. The nature of the study consists of high school teachers employed in city center of Kirsehir Province; 563 volunteer teachers form the nature of sampling. The statistical implementation of the study is performed using SPSS.16.0 software. T-test was applied in percentage frequency and dual groups, and One-Way Anova test was applied for the comparison of more than 2 members in a group together with Pearson Product Correlation Test. Consequently, a negative relation was found between emotional intelligence and burnout levels of teachers. Key words: Teachers, emotional intelligence, burnout.
Highlights
IntroductionThe teachers stand as one of the most important part of education system since they are exposed to use many social or emotional abilities with regard to the professions and social status
We are informed that emotional intelligence is rooted in the abilities enabling individuals to understand other individuals and personality, establish relations with other individuals, conform to the surrounding environment and deal with stated environment; but this type of intelligence succeeds in providing individuals the capacity to meet the demands received from surrounding (Izard, 2001)
In Chan’s study (2004; 2006), it has been realized that the survey form prepared in total of 4 dimensions is considered in 12 clauses and 4 dimensions as it is included in the original form by the end of factor analysis
Summary
The teachers stand as one of the most important part of education system since they are exposed to use many social or emotional abilities with regard to the professions and social status. The most important name in modern day among the renowned researchers of burnout is Christina Maslach, the developer of Maslach Burnout Inventory (Budak and Sürgevil, 2005). He stated that long-term professional stress causes burnout. Maslach (1976) defines personality as: “the alienation of an official from original meaning and purpose of the work and total ignorance of other individuals receiving services” (Kacmaz, 2005). Maslach and Jakson (1986) defined burnout as a chronic reaction against the stressed working con-ditions and a three dimensional syndrome suffered by individuals working with other individuals closely and continuously (Mikolajczak et al, 2007)
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