Professional Burnout, Sources of Stress and Life Satisfaction at Educational Staff in the Secondary Education in the Republic of Macedonia

Abstract

The aim of this research was to answer the question about whether there is a difference
regarding the professional burnout, the sources of stress and life’s pleasure among
the teachers working in the secondary schools in RM associated with the place of work, the
sex and the length of service. The specimen includes 440 educational workers, out of which
220 are from the secondary schools in the interior of the RM and 220 are from the secondary
schools in Skopje. The research was carried out in the period between February and April
2018.
The results show that there is not a statistically significant difference in the level
of manifestation of the professional burnout, the sources of stress and life’s pleasure between
the teachers working in the interior secondary schools in RM and the ones working in
Skopje. The research has shown that the age and length of service considerably correlate
with the professional burnout and the level of experienced stress, whereby the older group
with the longest length of service is the most susceptible to the influence of the professional
burnout and the sources of stress in the teachers.