AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF PROFESSIONAL EXHAUSTION AND LIFE POSITION OF EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLE STAFF AND DIRECTORSHIP

Abstract

ІNTRODUCTION The phenomenon “professional exhaustion” is known for a long time, since the beginning of the century, it has become a symbol of the industrial era. In the 70s, this phenomenon was sharply defined as burnout due to the autobiographical publications of H. Freudenberger on the demotivation of volunteers working in a drug treatment clinic. Soon, active research began, on the basis of which explanatory theories were created (C. Maslach & S. Jackson, 1981; M. Burish, 1989, W. Schaufeli, 1990), which are still acknowledged today. The very first publications caused a widespread public resonance, which contributed to the recognition and dissemination of this term in academic discourse. In general, burnout is defined as a profound professional and personality crisis: “a state of exhaustion in which one is cynical about the value of one’s occupation and doubtful of one’s capacity to perform”. Today in America, specialized magazines devoted to the problem of burnout have been created, scientific congresses are held, largescale researches and social programs have been initiated. Burnout has gained official status in Sweden and the Netherlands; in 2018, it turned out to be the most frequent reason for being absent at work (more than