The Impact of Environmental Factors on Teacher Burnout Syndrome: Review Analyses

Burnout is a syndrome characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and decreased personal accomplishment. Because the teaching profession requires constant self-sacrifice, effective communication, and is emotionally draining, it is considered one of the professions where burnout is highly likely to occur. In the model regarding teachers' burnout, it was observed that the variables "educational status" for the emotional exhaustion subscale, "socioeconomic status of the school's location" for the depersonalization subscale, and "gender" and "branch" for the personal achievement subscale significantly contributed to whether the burnout score placed the teacher in the high or low group. According to literature review, male teachers scored higher than female teachers in the emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal achievement sub-dimensions. Professional seniority is another variable that affects teachers' burnout. Indeed, teachers with 6-10 years of seniority experience higher levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, while their perceptions of personal achievement decrease accordingly. This result is the opposite for teachers with 21-25 years of professional seniority. These teachers, who experience lower levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, have higher perceptions of personal achievement.