Burnout syndrome. Role multiplicity and their impact on teaching

Abstract

Assess teachers’ activities and burnout syndrome began at the end of the 70s, for basic stage and by the end of the 90s studies began for professors. Currently, professors must perform a multiplicity of roles focused on three roles: -educational, researcher and administrative; however, there is no instrument that assess this multiplicity directly. An instrument to assess the multiplicity of roles that a professor must perform is presented in this research. The instrument was validated using the participation of 4 experts and a sample of 30 professors, obtaining 0.425 for the Kendall coefficient and 0.953 for the Alpha Cronbach coefficient. After validations, the instrument was applied to a representative sample of 147 full-time professors from Northwest Mexico. Application of the research found that professors with greater experience reported lower presence of burnout syndrome. Likewise, 35% of professors showed burnout syndrome related to educational role, 42% related to research role, and 47% related to administrative role activities. Our finding underscores that administrative role induce more burnout syndrome for professors.