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Research-related burnout among faculty in higher education
1School of Business, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045, USA. ssingh@bschool.upo.ukans.edu
Psychological Reports
|November 20, 1998
Abstract:
We investigated the effects of intrinsic motivation to do research and perceived lack of rewards contingent on doing research on burnout or disenchantment from research. Findings, based on a survey of 328 faculty at a major university, indicate that these two variables account for 74% and 81% of the variance in scores on a scale relating to burnout among 260 tenured and 68 untenured professors, respectively. The effect of perceived lack of rewards contingent on doing research on burnout was moderated by the tenure status.