Job stress and teacher burnout in preschools – Preliminary assessment of the buffer effect of job resources in the stressor-strain model in a lower-middle-income
Job stress and teacher burnout in preschools – Preliminary assessment of the buffer effect of job resources in the stressor-strain model in a lower-middle-income
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2023
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Asare, Kotor
Aboagye, Michael Osei
Antwi, Collins Opoku
Gyasi, Ficus
Frimpong, Kwasi
Ntim, Seth
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EARLY YEARS
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This study examines how asymmetric job conditions deplete the
psychological resources of the ECE workforce in a lower-middle income country (LMIC). Specifically, this preliminary study, using
data from preschool teaching staff, examined the influence of (a)
job demands (emotional demand, workload, role conflict and work family conflict) on psychological burnout (emotional exhaustion),
and (b) the offsetting effect of occupational resources (social sup port and job autonomy) in the job demands – emotional exhaus tion relations. SEM analyses revealed that high stressors (i.e. job
demands) were related with high levels of emotional exhaustion,
while social support and job autonomy served as significant buffers
in the stressors – emotional exhaustion positive link. These out comes serve as preliminary evidence for ECE job re-design and
burnout management programs by strategically allocating school level resources
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Aboagye, M. O., Antwi, C. O., Asare, K., Seth, N., Gyasi, F., & Kwasi, F. (2023). Job stress and teacher burnout in preschools–Preliminary assessment of the buffer effect of job resources in the stressor-strain model in a lower-middle-income country. Early Years, 1-20.