Role Overload and Burnout among School Teachers: Investigating the moderating role of Supervisor Support and Collegial Support

Abstract

Present research has been carried out to investigate the moderating role of collegial support (CS) and supervisor support (SS) in the relationship between Role overload (RO) and Burnout (BO) among school teachers. Data for this quantitative study were collected through survey questionnaires. Purposive convenient sampling technique was used for approaching the sample of 400 teachers serving in Rawalpindi and Islamabad Army Public schools. Information was obtained about socio-demographic variables as well as study variables (Role Overload, Burnout and supervisor and collegial support). Psychometric properties of the instruments were established. Zero order correlation analysis was conducted through SPSS. Process MACRO was used to test the hypothesized relationships among study variables. Current study found moderating role of supervisor support (SS) and collegial support (CS) in the RO and BO relationship. Findings of this study indicate the importance of provision of SS and CS in protecting school teachers from burnout. Further studies may be conducted to study moderating role of workplace incivility and work harassment in RO-BO relationship among school, college and university teachers.