Evaluation of Maslach's Burnout Syndrome in teachers of the Department of Industrial Engineering of an Advanced Schooling Institution in Aguascalientes, Mexico

Abstract

Research that goals to recognize and evaluate the behaviors of Syndrome of teachers from the Industrial Engineering department of a Higher Education Institution. The problem was identified that there were no prior evaluations to identify opportunities for improvement in mental health and the work environment of the teaching staff. A questionnaire based on Maslach, et. al; (1986) and Seisdedos, (1997), which is designed with 22 items, for the Burnout syndrome variable, which measures 3 sub variables: emotional exhaustion (9 items), depersonalization (5 items) and personal fulfillment (8 items), which They respond to a six-point Likert-type scale. The study was quantitative of a descriptive cross-sectional type (Hernández, et. al; 2010). For application to a sample of n=31 teachers. It was found that the subscale with the lowest value is: Personal fulfillment (37.35) and the behaviors with the highest priority to address are: I deal very well with the problems that my students present to me = 4.03 (Maslach, et. al; 1986), I can easily understand what my students think = 4.23 (Maslach, et. al; 1986) and I find myself with a lot of vitality = 4.55 (Maslach, et. al; 1986). The institution will carry out an analysis of the behaviors and causes to prevent and a proposal for the improvement of the studied indices.