Job Conditions and Wellness of German Secondary School Teachers

The association between job strain and emotional exhaustion in a cohort of 1,028 Finnish teachers

“…The standard deviation of the control scale was rather low e.g. in the German sample (Sann, 2003). Initially, the purpose of the JDC model was to identify high‐strain jobs among different occupations.…”

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“…Teachers' discomfort, particularly distress, is not new and has been studied by various researchers (e.g., Moreno-Jiménez, Hernández, & Gutiérrez, 2000;Sann, 2003). Their work shows that psychological problems are more or less related to teachers' social and working conditions.…”

“…As mentioned in international literature, 33% of medical leaves in the USA are due to stress (Brotheridge & Grandey, 2002). Sann (2003) added that the rate of absenteeism of French teachers fluctuated between 4.5% and 6.5% during the 1970s and 1980s; however, the highest values were in the 1990s. The absenteeism of the French teachers was 21.3% in the case of primary school teachers and 9.5% in the case of secondary schools teachers.…”

Estresse ocupacional em docentes do ensino fundamental de uma escola no sul do Brasil: Uma análise a partir de uma perspectiva de gênero

“…A partir dessa discussão, diversos estudos em diferentes países abordaram o tema como uma preocupante doença, principalmente na década de 90 (Benmansour, 1998;Burke, Greenglass, & Schwarzer, 1996;Chan & Hui, 1995;Dunham & Varma, 1998;Greenglass, Burke, & Konarski, 1998;Kyriacou, 2000;Pithers & Soden, 1998;Pullis, 1992;Travers & Cooper, 1996;Vandenberghe & Huberman, 1999 Sann (2003) destacam em seus estudos que a profissão de docência representa uma ocupação de elevado estresse atribuindo causas como a baixa motivação e comportamentos indisciplinares por parte dos alunos, excesso de tarefas a realizar, pressão de tempo e até mesmo conflitos com os colegas e a e a falta de organização escolar.…”