Burnout and organizational citizenship behaviour of teachers

In this study the relationship between job burnout among teachers and organizational citizenshipbehaviour is examined. Population of this study consists of 1069 elementary school teachersworking in Uşak?s 165 elementary schools and in the sample there are 450 elementary schoolteachers working in 42 elementary schools in Uşak. 367 of the sample sent the survey instrumentback. The survey instrument is used to measure organizational citizenship behaviour, burnout,self-esteem, life satisfaction, organizational justice and demographic features. The relationshipbetween organizational citizenship behavior and job burnout is evaluated by putting lifesatisfaction, self-esteem, organizational justice and similar factors into consideration. Somemodels explaining organizational citizenship behavior have been formed. A series of regressionanalyses are used to explain organizational citizenship behavior. Small negative associations areobserved between burn-out dimensions and citizenship dimensions.Key words: Job burnout, organizational citizenship behavior,educational administration