Does Accountability Aggravate the Risk of Teacher Burnout? Evidence from the Chinese Education System

External and internal accountabilities and emotional labor are possible factors triggering teacher burnout, but the relationships between the constructs have not been fully addressed. Thus, this study aimed to construct and test a chain mediation model to demonstrate the relationships between extern...

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Main Authors: Guanyu Li, Kwok Kuen Tsang
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-09-01
Series:Behavioral Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/9/772
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description External and internal accountabilities and emotional labor are possible factors triggering teacher burnout, but the relationships between the constructs have not been fully addressed. Thus, this study aimed to construct and test a chain mediation model to demonstrate the relationships between external accountability and burnout, mediated by internal accountability and emotional labor sequentially. By surveying 814 teachers (years of teaching: M = 13.42, SD = 10.97) from 10 provinces in China, it shows: (1) external and internal accountabilities are both negatively related to burnout; (2) internal accountability, deep acting, and expression of naturally felt emotions mediate the relationship between external accountability and burnout; (3) internal accountability and surface acting sequentially play a chain mediating role between external accountability and burnout; and (4) internal accountability and expression of naturally felt emotions sequentially play a chain mediating role between external accountability and teacher burnout.
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spelling doaj.art-c322abb057ee438892e145c3dd214b5d2023-11-19T09:35:33ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2023-09-0113977210.3390/bs13090772Does Accountability Aggravate the Risk of Teacher Burnout? Evidence from the Chinese Education SystemGuanyu Li0Kwok Kuen Tsang1College of Educational Administration, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, ChinaDepartment of Education Policy and Leadership, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, ChinaExternal and internal accountabilities and emotional labor are possible factors triggering teacher burnout, but the relationships between the constructs have not been fully addressed. Thus, this study aimed to construct and test a chain mediation model to demonstrate the relationships between external accountability and burnout, mediated by internal accountability and emotional labor sequentially. By surveying 814 teachers (years of teaching: M = 13.42, SD = 10.97) from 10 provinces in China, it shows: (1) external and internal accountabilities are both negatively related to burnout; (2) internal accountability, deep acting, and expression of naturally felt emotions mediate the relationship between external accountability and burnout; (3) internal accountability and surface acting sequentially play a chain mediating role between external accountability and burnout; and (4) internal accountability and expression of naturally felt emotions sequentially play a chain mediating role between external accountability and teacher burnout.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/9/772external accountabilityinternal accountabilityemotional laborburnoutteacher
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external accountability
internal accountability
emotional labor
burnout
teacher
title Does Accountability Aggravate the Risk of Teacher Burnout? Evidence from the Chinese Education System
title_full Does Accountability Aggravate the Risk of Teacher Burnout? Evidence from the Chinese Education System
title_fullStr Does Accountability Aggravate the Risk of Teacher Burnout? Evidence from the Chinese Education System
title_full_unstemmed Does Accountability Aggravate the Risk of Teacher Burnout? Evidence from the Chinese Education System
title_short Does Accountability Aggravate the Risk of Teacher Burnout? Evidence from the Chinese Education System
title_sort does accountability aggravate the risk of teacher burnout evidence from the chinese education system
topic external accountability
internal accountability
emotional labor
burnout
teacher
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