Investigation of Teachers Lived Experiences of Job Burnout:  A Phenomenological Study

Bardel, Mohammad; Madadloo, Ghahreman; Hosain Poor, Nasrin; Valizadeh, Masoud

Investigation of Teachers Lived Experiences of Job Burnout: A Phenomenological Study

Document Type : research paper

Authors

¹ Ph.D. candidate of educational psychology, department of educational sciences, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran.

² Ph.D. in curriculum development, faculty member of Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran.

³ B. A. in educational sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

⁴ M. A. candidate of human resources training and development, Payame Noor University of Bukan, Bukan, Iran

Abstract

Phenomenon of Job Burnout is an inevitable part of professional life. There are many quantitative studies in this area, but few qualitative studies have investigated this problem. This study was conducted to investigate teachers' lived experiences of Job Burnout. This is a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach. In this study, 20 elementary school teachers were selected using Purposive sampling. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and analyzed using Smith’s method. After data analysis, 4 main themes and 16 sub-themes were extracted. It was revealed that in the definition of Job Burnout, examples, Sources, and Job Burnout relief strategies, there is a consistency between the teachers' lived experiences and background.

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