Teachers' work stressesand their relationship with occupational burnout : on-field study at Tizi-Ouzou's high schools

Abstract EN

This study is an attempt to demonstrate the relationship between psychological pressures and occupational burnout, and determine the differences in work stress according to the gender variable (male/female).

The study has been conducted on a sample of 250 teachers, working in four high schools located in Tizi-Ouzou.

We relied on adescriptive correlation method and we adopted the Work Stress Assessment Tool (Laskar et al.

) as well as the Occupational Burnout Inventory Method MBI (Maslach & Jackson).

We reached the following: -There is a correlation between professional stress and psychological burnout among high school teachers.

- There were no significant statistical differences in professional stress, according to the gender variable.