Do Job Demands-Resources Model Affect Burnout among Penang Preschool Teachers

Abstract

The vulnerability to burnout among teachers from Penang preschool has become an intense issue to be addressed. Moreover, preschool teachers struggle with more burnout when there are greater levels of job demands and insufficient levels of job resources. Therefore, this paper aimed to inspect the predictors of burnout among preschool teachers. Besides, this paper examines also work engagement as the promising mediator. There was a total of 102 participations by Penang preschool teachers in the research. The study discovered that work engagement was in a significant negative relationship with burnout. Meanwhile, job demands were in a significant negative relationship with work engagement whereas job resources were in a significant positive relationship with work engagement. Furthermore, it is determined that job demands and job resources possessed a significant indirect relationship with burnout respectively, through work engagement as a mediator. The outcomes of this study are advantageous to both scholars and practitioners who wish to safeguard and minimize the burnout level among preschool teachers.