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The Impact of Tertiary EFL Teachers’ Professional Identity on Job Burnout in Hubei Province China

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  • Jing Zhao
  • Siti Maziha Mustapha
  • Jun Wang

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In order to explore the relationships of tertiary EFL teachers’ professional identity and job burnout, a quantitative survey was conducted on 565 tertiary EFL teachers in Hubei Province in central China. The results indicated that teachers with different educational background and teachers teaching different types of students experience different levels of burnout; Tertiary EFL teachers’ professional identity were significantly negatively related to their job burnout; The valence and self-presentation in professional identity can be used to predict teachers’ job burnout. Therefore, tertiary EFL teachers should try to enhance their occupational belongings so as to alleviate their current job burnout and promote their sustainable development.

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  • Jing Zhao & Siti Maziha Mustapha & Jun Wang, 2020. "The Impact of Tertiary EFL Teachers’ Professional Identity on Job Burnout in Hubei Province China," International Journal of Educational Studies, Academia Publishing Group, vol. 3(3), pages 97-105.
    • Handle: RePEc:ajo:ijoest:v:3:y:2020:i:3:p:97-105:id:145
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