Abstract:
The quality of teacher life is the primary factor that affects the quality of teaching.Teachers must not stop functioning as professionals. This analize pays attention to factorsthat contribute to feelings of ineffectiveness. Burnout is more and more becoming aproblem that requires special attention as it affects directly devotion, motivation and thequality of teacher work. It especially affects health. The study brings important data fromliterature rewiew.Teachers are faced with a physical, intellectual and psychological threat. Schoolchanges affects teachers as individuals but also their abilities to be successful in theirprofession and to stay in the profession. This study aims to analize in a theoretical point ofwiew the literature suggestions about the link between burnout, personality characteristics(Type A personality) and the coping skills (active or passive, emotional focused coping orproblem focused coping ). This is a study of literature in this field that seek to find outa meaning, why based on these characteristics teaching is identified as one of the moststressful occupations.The literature suggests that there are at least five different categories of values thatpeople may seek to fulfill at work,and in general these values are: 1) material values (such asa comfortable life ), 2) achievement related values (such as wisdom, a sense of accomplishment),3) a sense of purpose ,4) social relationships,5) maintenance of the self-concept. Teacherburnout is affected by the lack of some values, these study seeks to analize too.
