Faculty Burnout in Relation to Work Environment and Humor as a Coping Strategy

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Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between university faculty's gender, age, academic position, and working environment with their burnout levels. In addition, the relationship between the participants' burnout levels and the use of humor as a coping strategy was investigated. 283 full-time faculty 97 of whom were female and 186 were male working at Çukurova University volunteered to participate in this study. The mean age of the participants was 38.17 (SD=9.89). The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), the Coping Humor Scale (CHS) and a Socio-demographic Data and Working Environment Evaluation Form were used to collect data in the study. Results show that female …