PLoS ONE (Jan 2019)

Self-efficacy, procrastination, and burnout in post-secondary faculty: An international longitudinal analysis.

  • Nathan C Hall,
  • So Yeon Lee,
  • Sonia Rahimi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226716
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 12
p. e0226716

Abstract

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To address the present research gap on relations between motivational beliefs, self-regulation failure, and psychological health in post-secondary faculty, the present study used associative latent growth modeling to longitudinally examine relationships between self-efficacy, procrastination, and burnout (emotional exhaustion) in faculty internationally. Findings from 3,071 faculty participants (70% female, 69 countries) over three time points (5-6 month lags) showed greater self-efficacy at baseline to correspond with lower procrastination and burnout, and procrastination to be positively related to burnout (intercepts). Growth analyses additionally revealed stronger relations between increases in self-efficacy, procrastination, and burnout over time (slopes). Supplemental cross-lagged analyses provided causal evidence of burnout as an antecedent of self-efficacy and procrastination, underscoring intervention and policy efforts to address overwork and exhaustion in post-secondary faculty.