Burnout Syndrome and Dark Triad at Schools: Engineers as Teachers of Vocational Technical Subjects

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to verify the relationship of three aversive personality traits - Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy, nowadays known by experts as the Dark Triad and burnout syndrome on the sample of vocational technical subject teachers. The study was carried out on a sample of 241 participants (Mage = 44.53; SD = 10.29). Females represented 75.1% of all respondents (Mage = 44.48; SD = 10.02), males represented the remaining 24.9% of respondents (Mage = 42.36; SD = 11.8). The Slovak version of Short Dark Triad - SD3 and the adapted Slovak version of Maslach Burnout Inventory - HSS on the sample of helping professionals were administered. Significant positive relations of the Dark Triad traits with emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal satisfaction were identified. Regression analysis indicated the Dark Triad as a significant predictor of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, psychopathy was the most significant predictor. The Dark Triad concept predicted 58% of burnout syndrome’s variance.

Personality and socio-demographic variables in teacher burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic: a latent profile analysis

“…Thus, high scores on the emotionality subscale predispose teachers to experiencing burnout. These results are in line with previous studies that have established the increased negative emotionality of teachers as an important predictor of developing burnout syndrome 18 – 21 , 37 . In other words, teachers with increased negative emotionality indicated that anxiety, dependence, low courage, and sentimentalism made them experience more fear of physical danger, more anxiety in response to life stressors, and more emotionally dependence on other factors that significantly contribute to the development of symptoms of emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and inadequacy in their relationships with their students.…”

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“…understandings of how the world works) [13]. In the field of organizational psychology, the dark personality traits-such as narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy-have recently received increasing attention with respect to their diverse associations with work-related outcomes such as burnout [14,15], elevated turnover rates [16], abusive leadership [17][18][19], employee silence [20], work-related motivation [21], resilience [22,23], reduced job satisfaction [24], workplace behavior and organizational performance [25]. This chapter will review the existing evidence on how these dark traits are encountered and expressed in the workplace and propose directions for future research.…”