Predictors of turnover intention in school guidance counsellors

Greenham, Julia C. M.; Harris, Greg; Hollett, Kayla B.; Harris, Nicholas

doi:10.1080/03069885.2019.1644613

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“…Furthermore, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that empirically examined the relationship between professional identity and burnout among school counselors. Although previous studies have found a relationship between professional identity and burnout among other helping professions (e.g., Edwards & Dirette, 2010; Scanlan, 2018), it is important to examine this relationship specifically among school counselors mainly because the school counselor's role is still disputed and obscure (American School Counselor Association, 2012; Erhard, 2014; Greenham et al, 2019). While previous studies indicated the theoretical importance of professional identity in preventing burnout among school counselors (e.g., Culbreth et al, 2005; Heled & Davidovich, 2019; Upton, 2012), this study empirically examined this relationship among currently practicing school counselors.…”

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Relationships between role stress, professional identity, and burnout among contemporary school counselors

Maor

Hemi

2021

Psychology in the Schools

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Continuous exposure to stress has psychological and physiological consequences for employees, especially for mental health professionals whose professions are known as demanding and stressful. The current study focuses on the relationship between role stress and burnout in the contemporary school counselors' role. We also aimed to examine whether professional identity might serve as a protective mechanism against burnout. School counselors (N = 205, 96% female, mean age = 43.03) currently practicing in the Israeli education system filled out questionnaires assessing their perceived role stress, burnout, and professional identity. Results indicated that school counselors perceived noncounseling role stressors as more stressful than counseling role stressors. Noncounseling role stressors contributed to burnout more than counseling role stressors. Professional identity was negatively correlated with burnout. Last, professional identity moderated the relationship between role stress and burnout. Findings highlight the negative impact of noncounseling stressors on burnout and the importance of professional identity as a protective factor against burnout among school counselors.

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Relationships between role stress, professional identity, and burnout among contemporary school counselors

Maor

Hemi

2021

Psychology in the Schools

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“…Furthermore, they noted that although student-to-counselor ratios were high in general, they were especially large in urban districts where the median ratio was nearly 500-to-1. Beyond the negative relationship between caseload size and student outcomes discussed earlier, large caseloads are also associated with higher levels of job stress and reduced satisfaction (Mullen et al, 2021) as well as higher turnover rates (Greenham et al, 2019)-all of which influence the quantity and quality of direct services counselors provide to students (Holman et al, 2019).…”

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An Ecological Examination of School Counseling Equity

Savitz-Romer¹,

Nicola²

2021

Urban Rev

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Amidst the rapid expansion of education reform aimed at promoting educational equity, noticeably absent has been a focus on school counseling-a profession uniquely positioned to support students' postsecondary, social emotional, and academic development. Despite research continually affirming the positive influence of counselors on students, uneven access to counseling support across US public schools, especially in urban areas, remains a reality today. Notably, high student-tocounselor ratios in schools that educate a large proportion of students of color and those living in low-income communities suggest that those students most in need of access to counseling support are the least likely to receive it. In this essay, we outline school counselors' unique roles in supporting minoritized youth and draw on Bronfenbrenner's (The ecology of human development: experiments in nature and design, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1979) ecological systems theory to consider the nested systems in which counselors work-systems which, we argue, place constraints on school counseling equity. This systems-level framing moves away from casting the limitations of our current student support model as an individual-level, personnel issue and instead conceptualizes it as an organizational one that must be remedied to ensure all students have equal access to critical counseling support.

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“…Retaining and supporting qualified school counselors are important actions in order for school counselors to develop school counseling programs and address students' needs effectively. However, stress and burnout may contribute to their job dissatisfaction (Bardhoshi et al, 2014;Mullen et al, 2018a), leading to higher rates of turnover (Clemens et al, 2009;Greenham et al, 2019). Higher stress and burnout may also result in a lower rate of direct student services that school counselors provide to students (Mullen & Gutierrez, 2016), such as individual counseling, mental health-related services and interventions, and career and college supports.…”

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School Counselor Burnout, Job Stress, and Job Satisfaction by Student Caseload

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In this cross-sectional quantitative study, we employed survey research to examine the differences in school counselors’ ( N = 327) burnout, job stress, and job satisfaction based on their student caseload size. The results indicated that higher caseloads were associated with higher degrees of burnout and job stress, along with lower job satisfaction. The results produced small to medium effect sizes. We discussed how such factors relate to the effectiveness of providing student services and school leaders’ support for school counselors.

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Predictors of turnover intention in school guidance counsellors

Cited by 17 publications

References 78 publications

Relationships between role stress, professional identity, and burnout among contemporary school counselors

Relationships between role stress, professional identity, and burnout among contemporary school counselors

An Ecological Examination of School Counseling Equity

School Counselor Burnout, Job Stress, and Job Satisfaction by Student Caseload

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