TY - JOUR
T1 - Teacher burnout and coping strategies to remain in teaching job in Malaysia
T2 - An interpretative phenomenological analysis
AU - Amzat, Ismail Hussein
AU - Kaur, Amrita
AU - Al-Ani, Wajeha
AU - Mun, Shim Poh
AU - Ahmadu, Talatu Salihu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Open Access - This article is under the CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - This study examines the basic underlying structure of burnout experiences among teachers in Malaysia by discovering the challenges which lead them to experience burnout. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, the current study explores the coping strategies that these teachers used to remain in their profession. Ten teachers from two public high schools participated in the study. The data was collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews and analysed using the constant comparison method. The findings revealed challenges that cause teachers to experience burnout, which are student misbehaviour, insufficient parental collaboration, occupational stress in the teaching environment, and negative emotions. The themes related to the coping strategies used to remain in the teaching profession are understanding teaching and learning, positive approach, individual factors, and support system. This paper lists some recommendations for managing the issue of teacher burnout and facilitate teacher retention is proposed, which includes providing training and development activities for teachers, increasing salaries, helping teachers develop coping strategies, and creating adequate support systems.
AB - This study examines the basic underlying structure of burnout experiences among teachers in Malaysia by discovering the challenges which lead them to experience burnout. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, the current study explores the coping strategies that these teachers used to remain in their profession. Ten teachers from two public high schools participated in the study. The data was collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews and analysed using the constant comparison method. The findings revealed challenges that cause teachers to experience burnout, which are student misbehaviour, insufficient parental collaboration, occupational stress in the teaching environment, and negative emotions. The themes related to the coping strategies used to remain in the teaching profession are understanding teaching and learning, positive approach, individual factors, and support system. This paper lists some recommendations for managing the issue of teacher burnout and facilitate teacher retention is proposed, which includes providing training and development activities for teachers, increasing salaries, helping teachers develop coping strategies, and creating adequate support systems.
KW - Coping strategies
KW - Interpretative phenomenological analysis
KW - Malaysian teachers
KW - Teacher burnout
KW - Teaching job
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U2 - 10.12973/EU-JER.10.3.1075
DO - 10.12973/EU-JER.10.3.1075
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85109776847
SN - 2165-8714
VL - 10
SP - 1075
EP - 1088
JO - European Journal of Educational Research
JF - European Journal of Educational Research
IS - 3
ER -