In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Scientific Association of Sports Management of Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

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The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between motivation factors and burnout in physical education teachers of Tabriz based on the ERG model. It is a descriptive- solidarity research. The social statistics of this study were all of the physical education teachers of Tabriz in Guidance and High schools. Appling Morgan sample table in 2012, 226 teachers out of 500 Tabriz’s physical education teachers in guidance and high schools were selected. The data were collected by the ERG requirement questionnaire and Maslutch Burnout Inventory (MBI). Statistical Pearson correlation, t-test and step by step regression were used independently for data analysis. The results showed the physical education teachers believed that other teachers’ attitude about physical teaching education was not agreeable and they believed that physical education coarses required less effort than the others. There was direct relationship between Alderfer motivation needs and Job Burnout.  However, only two factors of dependence and physiological needs were the predictors of jobBurnout (P<0.01).

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