Job stress and burnout in university teachers

Abstract

Every person committed to their daily work as a professional in any area of ​​work must be in good health to function better and feel fulfilled with what they do in their institution or workplace; the same one that must pay attention and guarantee comprehensive stability, so as not to threaten the full health of the professional. Work stress and burnout affect all organizations, including educational institutions and especially higher education institutions. Recent studies point to the increase in burnout syndrome, related to alterations in the health of university teachers, a situation that leads to current studies on the subject with respect to higher education. The objective of this study is aimed at systematizing the theoretical assumptions about work stress and burnout in university teachers. For this purpose, scientific articles, books and theses from recognized databases were taken into account and methods of the theoretical level such as inductive-deductive and analytical-synthetic were used for the processing, analysis and systematization of the information existing in the literature on the subject. The results of the analysis indicate the need, timeliness and main trends in the study of this phenomenon in the context of higher education.