Relationship of emotional intelligence with secondary school teachers’ burnout

Pages: 819-821
Manju (School of Education, Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh, Haryana)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional intelligence (EI) on job burnout among secondary school teachers. The participants of this study were 312 secondary school teachers selected randomly from various Govt. and private high schools of Haryana with the age ranging from 25 to 58 years (mean age 40.5 years). Selected teachers were tested with Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and Multidimensional Measure of Emotional Intelligence (MMEI). Obtained data were analyzed by applying descriptive statistics and t-ratios. Results indicated that high burnout teachers score significantly low on all the five dimensions of MMEI than their counterpart low burnout teachers. These results indicate that it may be of benefit to consider directing professional development resources towards increasing emotional intelligence.