Relationship between Teachers’ Burnout and Job Satisfaction at Public Sector Universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Abstract

This study was designed to investigate the current level of teachers' burnout and its relationship with job satisfaction at public sector universities of zone IV of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The study was correlational in nature and a survey method was adopted for data collection. There were a total of five universities located in zone IV of KP, therefore the population of the study comprised of 691 university teachers. The sample of the study consisted of 345 teachers, which were taken by applying the L. R Gay rule. To measure university teachers’ burnout, Maslach Burnout inventory was used, which has also been validated by experienced teachers and organizational climate questionnaire, was applied to estimate university teachers’ job satisfaction. The collected data was analyzed by using the mean and correlation to see the relationship between the variables. The study concluded the negative association between
burnout and job satisfaction of public sector university teachers. It means less job satisfaction of teachers leads to a high level of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization whereas a low level of personal accomplishment.