Introduction:
The aim of this study was to determine the role of job stress and job
satisfaction in predicting job burnout in teachers of students with special
needs in Shiraz, Iran.
Methods:
The sample included 136 teachers of students with special needs that were
selected through convenience sampling. For data collection, the Burnout
Inventory, Job Stress Questionnaire, and the Minnesota Satisfaction
Questionnaire were used. Data were analysed using Pearson correlation
coefficient and simultaneous multiple regression.
Results:
The results showed that job stress positively and significantly predicted job
burnout and job satisfaction negatively and significantly predicted job
burnout.
Conclusion
According to the findings of this study, it is suggested that organisations
related special education field to design and develop appropriate educational
and supportive programs (such as holding workshops on stress management
in the workplace, providing free counseling and psychological services,
identifying individual and environmental factors affecting job satisfaction in
teachers of students with special needs, helping to increase their job
satisfaction, providing assistants for these teachers, and etc.). This will
increase job satisfaction and reduce job stress in teachers of students with
special needs. In this way, the burnout of teachers of students with special
needs will be reduced.