Síndrome de Burnout en docentes universitarios

Abstract:

Currently, the world has imposed a dizzying pace in all areas of our lives, one of them, the labor development of the individual. Organizational processes, have undergone major changes, due to the competitiveness imposed by economic pressures of industrialization, automation, globalization and other economic, political and social phenomena that directly affect the health of workers, unable to adapt to the new rules imposed by the labor market. In this situation, it has become important, the so-called burnout syndrome or burnout, which manifests with psychological changes that are increasing in intensity from discontent and irritability to emotional outbursts, especially professionals as employees, mainly in the service delivery area (teachers, lawyers, police). This situation is exacerbated if the individual performs his duties in inappropriate conditions, with excessive shifts, insecure tenure, inadequate remuneration and lack of material and human resources necessary for proper execution of their tasks. Burnout has become the most researched psychological effects work in recent decades, demonstrating the growing number of publications that address. All this has led specialists to rule in favor of the inclusion of this syndrome as an occupational disease, with all the legal and economic consequences that entails. It is important to assess the state of the art of this phenomenon and to place in perspective the problem has reached dimension. The present study aims to analyze the presence of burnout syndrome among university teachers in Latin America and Spain, as an important element in the welfare and quality of working life of university teachers; through a systematic review of the scientific literature published in the period 2005-2015. A literature search was performed in databases (EBSCO, e-book, redalyc, scielo, Dialnet, academic google), considering Latin American countries and Spain. All articles that examined until October 30, 2015 and criteria to ensure compatibility between studies were defined. 152 articles of which 86 were empirical studies and 66 literature reviews found. Articles of empirical studies (86), were definitely 35 documents, givinga population sample of6842university teachers. Most of the authors used the MBI instrument, there is a prevalence of burnout in women than in men.

Año de publicación:

2019

Keywords:

• Burnout; psychopathology;stress
• Burnout; psicopatologías; estrés

Fuente:

rraae