Examination Of Emotional Labor Levels And Occupational Burnout Of Physical Education Teachers

The aim of this research is to determine the levels of occupational burnout and emotional labor of physical education teachers. The research was designed with an irrelevant screening model in terms of quantitative research approach. The research was carried out on a total of 221 physical education teachers, 110 males, 111 females, working at different levels of education in Ankara and Kırıkkale. Data were obtained "Emotional Labor Scale" and "Burnout Inventory". Pearson Moments Multiplication Correlation Coefficient, simple linear regression analysis and t-test were used in the analysis of the data obtained in the research. While the levels of emotional labor and occupational burnout of physical education teachers did not change according to gender variable, the level of "Personal success" which is the sub-dimension of burnout varies according to the school type variable. It was concluded that emotional labor is a significant predictor of occupational burnout and there is a significant and positive relationship between these two traits. There was a significant negative correlation between occupational burnout score and emotional labor total score, superficial role playing and deep acting role subscales, and positive emotional subscale and natural emotional subscale. As a result, emotional labor plays an important role in the level of occupational burnout experienced by physical education teachers. In addition, as the education stage increases, the level of burnout experienced by teachers’ decreases. Emotional labor has an impact on burnout. The undesirable situation that the physical education teachers may encounter and the events that may lead to the occurrence of the profession in their profession. Physical education teachers are exposed to unwanted situations and events; they may cause burnout syndrome in the early stages of their profession. It may be a preventive measure to raise awareness of teachers before they experience burnout.