RESEARCH-RELATED BURNOUT AMONG FACULTY IN HIGHER-EDUCATION

We investigated the effects of intrinsic motivation to do research and perceived lack of rewards contingent on doing research on burnout or disenchantment from research. Findings, based on a survey of 328 facul ty at a major university, indicate that these two variables account fo r 74% and 81% of the variance in scores on a scale relating to burnout among 260 tenured and 68 untenured professors, respectively. The effe ct of perceived lack of rewards contingent on doing research on burnou t Nas moderated by the tenure status.