An Overview of the Issues Surrounding Faculty Burnout.

Autor/in	Johnson, Tanya
Titel	An Overview of the Issues Surrounding Faculty Burnout.
Quelle	(1993), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Stellungnahme; College Faculty; Community Colleges; Ethnicity; Faculty Workload; Higher Education; Organizational Climate; Prevention; Quality of Working Life; Social Influences; Stress Management; Stress Variables; Teacher Burnout; Teacher Morale; Teaching Conditions; Work Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Community college; Community College; Ethnizität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Organisationsklima; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Arbeitsqualität; Sozialer Einfluss; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Burnout-syndrom; Burnout; Teacher; Teachers; Burnout-Syndrom; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Morale; Lehrende; Moral; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Arbeitsmilieu
Abstract	This paper examines the stressors that contribute to burnout occurring among community college faculty and the methods that can be used for alleviating its development. Contributors of burnout stressors are discussed from both the societal and system levels as well as those stemming from gender, ethnicity, and length of service. In addition, research is explored concerning the contagious dimension of burnout on the institution. The paper concludes with suggestions for alleviating burnout that include (1) reducing faculty-student ratios, (2) giving faculty more opportunities for other professionally linked activities, (3) developing better administration/teacher relationships, (4) reducing paperwork requirements and unnecessarily complicated work procedures, (5) creating more interesting and comfortable work environments, (6) placing individual needs on a par with institutional needs, and (7) rewarding faculty for scholarship and career development as well as encouraging creativity. The purpose of these suggestions is to reengage faculty in the educational process and to assist them in overcoming the powerlessness, meaninglessness, or isolating conditions that can affect them. Contains 34 references. (GLR)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01