Teachers' professional identity and job burnout: The mediating roles of work engagement and psychological capital

• Published in: Psychology in the schools Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 123 - 136
• Main Authors: Zhang, Qinhan, Li, Weijian, Gao, Jianwei, Sun, Binghai, Lin, Shuwei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley 01.01.2024; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Burnout; Chinese teachers; Elementary School Teachers; job burnout; Measures; Occupational stress; Professional Identity; psychological capital; Psychological Characteristics; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Relationship; Secondary School Teachers; Secondary schools; Stress management; Student teacher relationship; Teacher Burnout; Teacher Promotion; Teachers; Work; Work Attitudes; work engagement

Teacher burnout refers to teachers’ inability to cope with work stress smoothly. Previous studies have revealed that job burnout is negatively related to professional identity; however, little is known about the mechanism underlying the relationship between teacher professional identity and job burn...