Always Full Performance! The Relationship between Burnout, Organizational Commitment and Job Performance in School Administrators

Year 2023, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 25 - 40, 30.06.2023

Sevgi Yıldız , Sevda Katıtaş , Sibel Doğan

https://doi.org/10.25233/ijlel.1300816

Abstract

In this study, the job performance of school administrators, a significant factor of school effectiveness, was discussed. Accordingly, the aim of the survey is to examine the relationship between burnout, commitment to school and the job performance of school administrators. 320 school administrators working in public schools in Turkey participated in the research. In the research, causal comparative design and correlational survey model, which are among the quantitative research methods, were used. The data of the study were collected using the "Burnout Measure", "Organizational Commitment Scale" and "Job Performance Scale". Descriptive and evidential statistics techniques were used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the research, it was determined that especially the job performances were at a very high level according to the perceptions of school administrators. School administrators' level of burnout was found to be low despite their medium level of commitment to school. A negative and very weak correlation was found between school administrators' burnout and their organizational commitment. When analyzed in terms of demographic variables, the job performance of the principals was higher than that of the assistant principals. Burnout of assistant principals was found to be higher than that of principals. In addition, it was revealed that female school administrators' burnout was higher than that of male school administrators. Demographic variables did not make a significant difference on the organizational commitment of school administrators. In the study, it was also founded that the burnout of school administrators and the continuance commitment dimension of their organizational commitment to their schools are significant predictors of their job performance. Recommendations were made in the light of relevant findings and literature.

Keywords

School administrators, job performance, organizational commitment, commitment to school, burnout.

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