Professional burnout of university teachers

The article actualizes the problem of professional burnout of a university teacher, due to the need to preserve and maintain professional health and professional longevity. In addition to the fact that the professional burnout syndrome negatively affects the health of the teacher, it also negatively affects the effectiveness and productivity of professional activity and, accordingly, the quality of professional training of students. The paper analyzes the concepts of "burnout of personality", "professional" and "emotional" burnout, presents approaches to the study of the mechanism of burnout, describes the phases and stages of burnout. The manifestations of symptoms of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, reduction of professional achievements among university teachers are considered. Based on the theoretical analysis of the literature, the stress risk factors of the teacher's professional health are described. The results of studies of the relationship between the official status, work experience and the severity of symptoms of emotional burnout, between the ethical leadership of the head of an educational organization and the emotional burnout of teachers are presented. The organizational working conditions of a university teacher, which are a prerequisite for professional burnout, are determined. The differences in the severity of symptoms of professional burnout among teachers of humanities and natural sciences are given. The results of the study of the formation of phases and symptoms of emotional burnout in female teachers of different ages are analyzed.