The relationships between teachers’ emotional labor and their burnout and satisfaction: A meta-analytic review

Resource type
Journal Article
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Title
The relationships between teachers’ emotional labor and their burnout and satisfaction: A meta-analytic review
Abstract
Teaching is an emotional endeavor. Unlike mass service employees, teachers enjoy considerable autonomy in their teaching and maintain relatively stable relationships with students, parents, and colleagues. This study is a meta-analytic review of the associations between teachers' emotional labor strategies (i.e., surface acting, deep acting, and the expression of naturally felt emotions) and other relevant constructs. The meta-analysis is based on 85 empirical articles and 86 independent samples, with the experiences of 33,248 teachers represented in the articles reviewed. The meta-correlations are generally in the expected direction. Surface acting is positively related to the individual and interpersonal components of burnout and negatively related to teaching satisfaction. Deep acting is not significantly related to the individual or interpersonal components of burnout, but positively related to teaching satisfaction and the efficacy component of burnout. The expression of naturally felt emotions is negatively related to teachers’ burnout and reduced teaching satisfaction. The moderation analysis of relevant correlates also provides some insights about the research development.
Publication
Educational Research Review
Volume
28
Pages
100283
Date
November 1, 2019
Journal Abbr
Educational Research Review
Language
en
ISSN
1747-938X
Short Title
The relationships between teachers’ emotional labor and their burnout and satisfaction
Accessed
07/03/2021, 18:03
Library Catalogue
ScienceDirect
Citation
Yin, H., Huang, S., & Chen, G. (2019). The relationships between teachers’ emotional labor and their burnout and satisfaction: A meta-analytic review. Educational Research Review, 28, 100283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2019.100283