The role of psychological empowerment and organizational commitment in teacher's job burnout

This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the role of psychological empowerment and organizational commitment in teachers’ job burnout. From teachers in Shahreza schools as the statistical population, 110 teachers were selected using multistage random sampling method. Data was collected through making use of Psychological Empowerment Scale, Organization Commitment Questionnaire, and Burnout Inventory (with emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment dimensions). The results of Pearson’s correlation coefficient showed that psychological empowerment has significant negative relationship with emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and significant positive relationship with personal accomplishment. In addition, organizational commitment has significant negative relations with emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. In addition, hierarchical regression analysis showed that psychological empowerment has predicted emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment, and organizational commitment has predicted emotional exhaustion.