Page No. 145-156
Rupesh Rajak and Bibhas Chandra
Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad
The education system has two important pillars namely the teachers and the students.
Primarily, the teachers play a pivotal role in building the future of the students. In
recent times, the challenge of a teacher is not limited to classroom teaching only but,
enhancing the overall development of their students. Additionally, a faculty is assigned
other academic tasks such as research activities, organising workshops and seminars
and managing placements. The strenuous and dynamic occupation of teaching has
lead to a high rate of burnout as compared to other professionals. Many researchers
have tried to explore various facets of burn-out, but recently the paradigm is shifting into
the concept of work-engagement of the teacher fraternity as an antidote to burn-out.
However, in India the studies’ pertaining to this integrated approach is at a nascent stage.
The present study focuses on predictors of employees’ burnout and work engagement
among teachers.