Interdependent Interaction of Occupational Burnout and Organizational Commitments: Case Study of Academic Institutions Located in Guangxi Province, China

Abstract

While the education situations develop rapidly currently, the group of college instructors gains more and more attention. The management of the college is macroscopical, while the position of college instructors is distinctive, and a lot of researchers focus on this group. As to understand the feature of this group, the occupational burnout and organizational commitments of college instructors are the two of important factors. In the current system, it is noticed that the position of the college instructors often is marginalized, such as unclear responsibilities and ambiguous duties, which cause the problem that college instructors sense tough during work, high pressured, and self-role confusion. If they hardly get personal accomplishment and achievement, as a result, the level of occupational burnout would rise up; meanwhile, the level of organizational commitments would decline. This position in college could be difficult to stay steady or be constructed well. Generally, it would affect the development of college and university. Therefore, the study and research for the occupational burnout and organizational commitments of college instructors are vital. However, so far most researches on this subject in Guangxi are apt to be theoretical rather than being practical and functional. This study is based on the review of the related literature and combines the conditions of college in Guangxi. Collecting the data by feasible questionnaire tables among more than 100 college instructors who were selected from about eight colleges of Guangxi, then the data was statistically analyzed by SPSS. According to the result, the main conclusion is made; meanwhile, the outlook of this group would be illustrated. Hypotheses in this study are as follows: H1: The level of burnout among individuals differed via distinctions of gender, age, years of working, marital status, and academic category will be discrepant significantly. H2: The degree of organizational commitments among individuals differed via distinctions of gender, age, years of working, marital status, and academic category will be discrepant significantly. H3: Occupational burnout will be negatively associated with organizational commitments. H4: Occupational burnout will be predictable significantly to organizational commitments.