The Perceived Levels of Burnout and Job Satisfaction of Qatari General and Special Education Teachers
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Burnout, job satisfaction, Qatari, general and special education teachersAbstract
The purpose of the present study was to examine perceived levels of burnout and job satisfaction of Qatari general and special education teachers. 80 hundred teachers participated in the study. 40 were working in the public schools, 40 in special education school. Participants were administered the Employees Satisfaction Inventory (ESI, Koustelios and Bagiatis, 1997) and the emotional exhaustion subscale of the Maslach‘s Burnout Inventory (MBI, Maslach and Jackson, 1986). Results showed that Qarari teachers experienced moderate levels of emotional exhaustion. Public school teachers were more satisfied from the job itself and their immediate supervisor than their counterparts in the Special Education Schools.Downloads
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