Moderating Role Of Psychological Capital In Reducing The Effect Of Burnout On Turnover Intentions Of Primary School Teachers

Abstract

The major objective of this study was to examine the moderative position of psychological capital to eradicate burnout effect on intentions to turnover. A quantitative survey study was conducted to test the conditional hypotheses. A sum of 899 random in-service primary school teachers in public sector participated in this study. The data were gathered through Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) developed by Luthans Youssef, and Avolio (2007), The Maslach Burnout Inventory for Educators by Maslach, Jackson, and Leiter (1996 –2016), and turnover intention scale (TIS) by Bothma and Roodt (2013). The findings of this study reveal that there is reversal and significant association of Psy-Cap with burnout (frequency & intensity), and turnover intentions. There is negative and significant effect of psychological capital on burnout, and turnover intentions. Howbeit it is analyzed that psychological capital is significant moderation to reduce burnout effect on turnover intention