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Title: Burnout and Extension Educators: Where We Are and Implications for Future Research
Language: English
Authors: Mia B. Russell, Prince Attoh, Tyrone Chase, Tao Gong, Jinhee Kim, Girvin L. Liggans
Source: Journal of Human Sciences & Extension. 2019 7(1):195-211.
Availability: School of Human Sciences, Mississippi State University. PO Box 9745, Mississippi State, MS 39762. Tel: 662-325-6861; Fax: 662-325-8188; e-mail: jhse@ext.msstate.edu; Web site: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/jhse/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 19
Publication Date: 2019
Document Type: Journal Articles
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Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, Extension Agents, Work Environment, Stress Variables, Predictor Variables, Teacher Responsibility, Labor Turnover, Extension Education
ISSN: 2325-5226
Abstract: Burnout is identified as an individual work-related outcome that plagues educators within Cooperative Extension. Extension educators are particularly susceptible to burnout due to the unique set of demands and stressors they face, including geographic isolation, long work hours, prolonged driving times, and emotionally demanding interactions with clients, peers, local government, and administration. This review examines the literature relevant to Extension and burnout, discusses predictors and outcomes of burnout, and examines theories that have been used to investigate burnout. While studies have shed light on burnout within Extension from discipline and individual state perspectives, this review identifies the need for an updated examination of burnout with a regional or national scope. Additionally, job demands-resources theory is identified as a lens to better understand and explain burnout among Extension educators. As a prevalent issue that requires deeper understanding, the job demands-resources theory comprises principles from work motivation, job design, and job stress literatures and has been used to understand, explain, and make predictions about job burnout. At a time when issues related to Extension are front and center in academe and mainstream media, understanding burnout can help support the continued success of Extension. Other implications are also discussed.
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