Relationship between Components of Perfectionism and Ethical ‎Intelligence and Job Burnout in Elementary Teachers

Background: According to the perspective of organizational and industrial psychology, occurrence of burnout among employees of the organization is a controllable and preventable phenomenon. In education as broad organization, this issue is more important. This study tries to consider the role of perfectionism and ethical intelligence in predicting job burnout in elementary teachers in Shirvan province. Method: In terms of purpose, this is an applied research and in terms of nature, this is a descriptive- correlation study. Population of the study includes all elementary teachers in Shirvan province in ۲۰۱۶-۲۰۱۷. Sample of study consists of ۲۵۰ teachers that were selected through simple sampling. Data were gathered by questionnaires: ethical intelligence, scale of perfectionism and Burnout questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using multiple regression and Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: Regression equation show that prediction of burnout based on ethical intelligence is significant (p<۰.۰۰۱). Also, in regression equation, prediction of job burnout based on perfectionism was significant (p<۰.۰۰۱). Conclusion: Components of perfectionism and ethical intelligence are in relationship with job burnout in teachers.

Keywords:

Burnout , Ethical intelligence , Perfectionism , Elementary teachers , فرسودگی شغلی , هوش اخلاقی , کمال گرایی , معلمان ابتدایی