| Abstract [eng] |
Summary The nature of teachers' work and the context of professional work often lead to teacher burnout, characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal achievements. Burnout is influenced by certain organizational factors such as unfavourable working conditions, stress at work, interpersonal conflicts, inadequate compensation for work, administrative bureaucracy, cynicism, high demands, and strict management. The nature of leadership and expressions of leadership affect employees' work, emotional health, and interpersonal interaction. Leadership is idealized and oriented towards ethical, authentic, servant, or charismatic leadership, and the "aggressive or destructive" side of leadership is ignored. The characteristics of leaders reveal their dark triad, which consists of Machiavellianism as one of the types of destructive leadership. Machiavellianism is characterized by the lack of moral principles in manipulating others and a cold and cynical perspective towards the world around them. Machiavellians can manipulate people and situations, completely disregarding ethical principles. People with Machiavellian behaviour perceive other people as weak and unreliable, so their pragmatic morality allows them to follow the rule - "the end justifies the means." The object of the work is the relationship between burnout and Machiavellianism. The aim of the work is to reveal the relationship between burnout and Machiavellianism in preschool educational institutions in Panevėžys district and Panevėžys city. The tasks of the work: 1. Reveal the relationship between burnout and Machiavellianism in the theoretical context. 2. Reveal the trends of burnout among teachers working in preschool educational institutions. 3. Investigate the trends of Machiavellian expression, taking into account the view of teachers working in preschool educational institutions. 4. Identify the relationship between burnout and Machiavellianism among preschool teachers. In the quantitative study, 217 respondents working in preschool educational institutions in Panevėžys district and Panevėžys city participated, using the Maslach burnout questionnaire (Henning & Six, 1977) and scales for Machiavellianism and conservatism (Closetta, 1972). The results showed that emotional exhaustion, which is characterized by stress at work, a heavy workload, and children's emotional and psychological problems, is common among preschool teachers in the Panevėžys region and the city of Panevėžys. The analysis of the results showed that preschool teachers exhibit Machiavellian behaviour in their professional activities, which manifests itself in their behaviour and thought. To achieve their goals, teachers do not reveal their true intentions and sometimes choose inappropriate and unethical means, try to preserve the knowledge that is only useful to themselves, and think that most people are naturally bad. Weak connections were found between Machiavellian behaviour and teacher burnout. Teachers who are characterized by the pursuit of personal gain and manipulation of others have lower personal gains. The results showed that teachers who think all people are bad never reveal their true intentions and feel mistrust, disappointment, and have distant communication with others. |
