Qualidade de vida no trabalho e risco da Síndrome de Burnout em professores da educação de jovens e adultos

Abstract

The burnout syndrome affects mostly professionals who have direct contact with other people. Among these professionals, teachers are among the most affected by this syndrome. The objective of this study was to investigate the variables that affect the quality of working life of teachers who work in adult education (EJA) in the city of Sinop, in the northern state of Mato Grosso, and the risks they have in acquiring the burnout syndrome. For this was used as data collection instrument was a questionnaire of two pages, through which it was possible to define the socio demographic profile of respondents, the predispositores factors of burnout syndrome and 22 questions based on MBI - Maslach Burnout Inventory, capable of analyzing the risk of having the three dimensions of burnout syndrome: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and Low Professional Accomplishment. This study took place in a different five-day period in April 2015, with a population of 41 teachers in the profession, a state school that meets the Government's education strategy, EJA - Youth and Adult Education. The results show a dissatisfied professional profile of the profession in which they operate, because the subscale "Low Professional Accomplishment" was the one that presented highlight, 63% of them. This study also highlights that two factors may be related to poor quality of life at work, according to the teachers: the low wages and the lack extraescolar professional recognition are the ones that affect them. It could also describe the school demonstrates professional development to those teachers and students treat them with respect and affection, which may represent factors related to quality of work life. But the biggest concern in this study was that 15 (36%) teachers possibly being at high risk of burnout syndrome, because of the 15 have presented high risk of depersonalization and this factor be the last on the development of the syndrome. Thus, this result opens the possibility of carrying out further research on the subject, in order to more recognition on this labor involvement