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Collegial Organizational Climate Alleviates Japanese Schoolteachers’ Risk for Burnout
The purpose of the current study was to examine the influence of individuals’ help-seeking preference (HSP) and their collective perception of the organizational climate in school on teachers’ mental health. Previous studies demonstrated that HSP was negatively associated with risk of burnout, sugge...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8685286/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34938231 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.737125 |
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author | Hashimoto, Hirofumi Maeda, Kaede |
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description | The purpose of the current study was to examine the influence of individuals’ help-seeking preference (HSP) and their collective perception of the organizational climate in school on teachers’ mental health. Previous studies demonstrated that HSP was negatively associated with risk of burnout, suggesting that teachers who hesitate to seek help from their colleagues are more likely to have mental health problems. Thus, the current study hypothesized that a collegial organizational climate would be negatively associated with burnout. To test this hypothesis, we developed a scale to measure schoolteachers’ collective perception of their organizational climate (Study 1), and the newly developed scale was used to assess its relationship with HSP and teachers’ burnout risk (Study 2). The results demonstrated that younger teachers, a low level of help-seeking, and a less collaborative climate increased the risk of burnout. The results also showed a significant interaction effect, indicating that HSP was less closely associated with teachers’ burnout risk if their organization was perceived as having a collegial climate. These findings clearly show how the social environment of a school’s organizational climate can affect schoolteachers’ mental health in Japan. |
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spelling | pubmed-86852862021-12-21 Collegial Organizational Climate Alleviates Japanese Schoolteachers’ Risk for Burnout Hashimoto, Hirofumi Maeda, Kaede Front Psychol Psychology The purpose of the current study was to examine the influence of individuals’ help-seeking preference (HSP) and their collective perception of the organizational climate in school on teachers’ mental health. Previous studies demonstrated that HSP was negatively associated with risk of burnout, suggesting that teachers who hesitate to seek help from their colleagues are more likely to have mental health problems. Thus, the current study hypothesized that a collegial organizational climate would be negatively associated with burnout. To test this hypothesis, we developed a scale to measure schoolteachers’ collective perception of their organizational climate (Study 1), and the newly developed scale was used to assess its relationship with HSP and teachers’ burnout risk (Study 2). The results demonstrated that younger teachers, a low level of help-seeking, and a less collaborative climate increased the risk of burnout. The results also showed a significant interaction effect, indicating that HSP was less closely associated with teachers’ burnout risk if their organization was perceived as having a collegial climate. These findings clearly show how the social environment of a school’s organizational climate can affect schoolteachers’ mental health in Japan. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8685286/ /pubmed/34938231 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.737125 Text en Copyright © 2021 Hashimoto and Maeda. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Hashimoto, Hirofumi Maeda, Kaede Collegial Organizational Climate Alleviates Japanese Schoolteachers’ Risk for Burnout |
title | Collegial Organizational Climate Alleviates Japanese Schoolteachers’ Risk for Burnout |
title_full | Collegial Organizational Climate Alleviates Japanese Schoolteachers’ Risk for Burnout |
title_fullStr | Collegial Organizational Climate Alleviates Japanese Schoolteachers’ Risk for Burnout |
title_full_unstemmed | Collegial Organizational Climate Alleviates Japanese Schoolteachers’ Risk for Burnout |
title_short | Collegial Organizational Climate Alleviates Japanese Schoolteachers’ Risk for Burnout |
title_sort | collegial organizational climate alleviates japanese schoolteachers’ risk for burnout |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8685286/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34938231 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.737125 |
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