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INANDI, Yusuf  e  BUYUKOZKAN, Ayse Sezin. The relationship between mobbing, alienation and burnout among teachers in Mersin, Turkey. S. Afr. j. educ. [online]. 2022, vol.42, n.1, pp.1-12. ISSN 2076-3433.  https://doi.org/10.15700/saje.v42n1a1990.

The relationship between mobbing behaviour, alienation and burnout experienced by teachers in the elementary schools in central districts of Mersin was investigated in the study reported on here. The sample of this study consisted of a group of 455 randomly selected teachers selected by the simple random sampling method. The mobbing scale, alienation scale and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used in the study, and data were analysed by using the correlation and regression techniques. As a result, there is a positive and significant relationship between mobbing behaviour experienced by the teachers and their alienation. Also, mobbing behaviour of school administrators were found to be positively associated with teachers' burnout. Furthermore, mobbing behaviour significantly predict all other dimensions of alienation, except for school alienation dimension, and all dimensions of burnout.

Palavras-chave : alienation; burnout; exhaustion; leadership behaviour; mobbing; school administrators; teachers.

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