Abstract:

The study group of this survey comprises of 185 academic staff working in the University, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, in Turkey, and Malta University, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Economy, Management and Accounting. This study is a descriptive survey model, in which the assessment tool of Maslach Burnout Inventory is used. The burnout levels of academic personnel are investigated in term of gender, age and Faculty variables. As a result, it was determined that there was no difference between academic staff (23-33 age group) in Turkey and Malta regarding the variables emotional burnout, depersonalization and personal success, academic staff working in Malta Group (34-44 age group) felt more burnout in terms of depersonalization subdimension. Academic staff working in Turkey have felt more burnout in terms of personal success dimension. Academic staff (45 and over age group) in Malta felt more burnout in terms of emotional burnout sub-dimension, it was found that there were no difference between the countries regarding sub-dimensions of personal success. Whereas male academic staff in Malta felt more burnout regarding emotional burnout sub-dimension, there were no difference in terms of emotional burnout, depersonalization and personal success averages for female academic staff.

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