خلاصة:
Background. Job satisfaction has been an issue of intense study interest during the last decades. It could be defined a
positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job situation and is linked to the characteristics and
demands of one’s work. Also that interest in the concept of job burnout has grown rapidly and the knowledge of
burnout has increased considerably. Burnout is defined as a negative experience that is a reaction of people to jobrelated
stress. Objectives. The present study seeks to investigate the levels of job satisfaction and burnout in Teachers
and Physical Education Teachers of Minority and Public Sector Schools, as well as their relation to demographic
characteristics. Methods. The Employee Satisfaction Inventory questionnaire, adapted for the Greek population, was
employed to assess job satisfaction. For the measurement of burnout, Maslach Burnout Inventory questionnaire was
used, which has also been validated for the Greek population. Questionnaires were picked up by 297 Primary School
Teachers and by 142 Physical Education Teachers, who serve at 186 Minority Schools and 253 Public Schools of
Thrace. Results. The results of the study revealed a negative relation between job satisfaction and burnout; teachers
experience relatively moderate burnout levels, their job satisfaction level is high. The results showed that Physical
Education teachers experience higher job satisfaction and lower burnout than Primary school teachers. Finally,
concerning school, the type of school affects satisfaction in relation to the factor “job conditions”. Conclusion. For
the first time, burnout and job satisfaction of teachers in minority schools was studied and the results revealed that
when job satisfaction increases, the perceived burnout decreases, where job satisfaction and burnout presented medium
to high negative correlation.
ملخص الجهاز:
Job Satisfaction and Burnout among Greek Teachers and Physical Education Teachers: in Thrace 1Sotirios Vousiopoulos*, 1Olga Kouli, 1Thomas Kourtessis, 1Efstratia Tsitskari, 2Dimos Dimoulas 1Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece.
The present study seeks to investigate the levels of job satisfaction and burnout in Teachers and Physical Education Teachers of Minority and Public Sector Schools, as well as their relation to demographic characteristics.
The results showed that Physical Education teachers experience higher job satisfaction and lower burnout than Primary school teachers.
Maslach and Jackson state that burnout comprises three factors: ‘emotional exhaustion’, which is described as feelings of being emotionally over-extended, ‘reduced personal accomplishment’, which is experienced by teachers as decreased feelings of achievement and ‘depersonalization’ which is the development of negative feelings and attitudes about the job (5).
Another study showed that the burnout level of female teachers was significantly higher than their male counterparts (9) on the three factors of exhaustion (emotional exhaustion, reduced personal accomplishment and depersonalization).
The researchers formulated this study in order to explore to what extent physical education teachers and teachers experienced burnout and job satisfaction in minority and public schools in the area of Thrace, northern Greece.
RESULTS In Table 1 the Pearson correlation matrix, mean values, Standard Deviation and Cronbach’s alpha rates, regarding job satisfaction and burnout of Physical Education teachers, are presented.
Future studies could investigate whether the fact that Greek Physical Education teachers usually serve in more than one schools could also affect the rates of job satisfaction (45).