Examination of the relationship between teachers' prosocial behaviors with job satisfaction and professional burnout

In this research, a hypothetical model developed based on the literature was tested to explain the mediating role of job satisfaction in the relationship between teachers' prosocial behavior levels and professional burnout levels. The working group of the research consists of 601 teachers, 409 of whom are women and 192 of whom are men, who work in the center and district schools affiliated to the Kars Provincial Directorate of National Education in the 2020-2021 academic year. Prosocial Tendencies Measure, Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educator Form, Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire-Short Form and Demographic Information Form prepared by the researcher were used to collect data in the research. SPSS and AMOS package programs were used for data analysis and Structural Equation Modeling was referred to. According to the difference statistics conducted within the scope of the research, the average scores obtained by male participants from the depersonalization sub-dimension of professional burnout and the public prosocial behavior sub-dimension of prosocial behavior differed significantly from the scores obtained by female from these measurements. On the other hand, the average scores obtained by female participants from the internal and external satisfaction sub-dimensions of job satisfaction differed significantly from the average scores obtained by male participants from this measurement. It was determined that the mean scores of the participants in the sub-dimensions of prosocial behavior, complaint prosocial behavior and anonymous prosocial behavior differed statistically significantly in favor of single participants according to their marital status, but there was no significant difference in terms of marital status in other areas. According to the model revealed and tested, it was determined that job satisfaction has a mediating role in the relationship between prosocial behavior and professional burnout. It has been suggested that prosocial behavior has an indirect effect on professional burnout through job satisfaction. The findings were discussed within the framework of the literature, and various suggestions were presented to researchers and practitioners.