THE EFFECT OF WORKLOAD, INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS, an‎d SCHOOL CLIMATE ON TEACHERS’ EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF PAPUA

This study was aimed to investigate the potential effect of workload, individual characteristics, and school climate on teachers’ emotional exhaustion in Christian elementary schools of Boven Digoel district, Papua. The problems guided the study, namely: (a) does workload effect significant positively on teachers’ emotional exhaustion elementary schools?; (b) does individual characteristics effectsignificant positively on teachers’ emotional exhaustion in elementary schools?; and (c) does school climate effect significant positively on teachers’ emotional exhaustion in elementary schools?. Four quantitative questionnaires using Likert’s scale were administered to 94 teachers who have been decided as respondents. Data were analyzed quantitatively using simple linear regression analysis technique by employing SPSS version 21 for windows. Results of the study revealed that workload, individual characteristics, and school climate partially effect significant positively on teachers’ emotional exhaustion in elementary schools. These findings might be worthwhile for the school supervisors as well as The Head of Education Office in regional government level to eliminate teachers emotional exhaustion by creating different programs to improve workload system and to improve school climate on one hand and, on the other hand, to foster teachers’ character of hard-working.