-0.6736^*** 0.000

-0.4692^*** 0.000

0.4201^*** 0.000

0.5199^*** 0.000

0.3369^*** 0.000

3.2 A comparative research on professional commitment and job burnout of novice-proficient-expert teachers

Table 8 and table 9 showed significant differences among the three types of teachers on job burnout, affective burnout and normative burnout. The mean of expert teachers was higher that that of novice and proficient teachers, while no differences showed between novice and proficient teachers. In continuance commitment, there wasn’t any significant difference among the novice-proficient-expert teachers, and its mean was lower than that of the other dimensions of profession commitment. There was significant difference on job burnout, depersonalization and lack of achievement among the three types of teachers. The mean of expert teachers was lower than that of novice and proficient ones, and no difference showed in novice-proficient teachers. In emotional exhaustion, there wasn’t any significant difference among the novice-proficient-expert teachers, and its mean was higher than that of the other dimensions of job burnout.

Table 10 The correlation coefficient on teachers’ profession commitment and job burnout

Table 11 The multi-regression analysis on the specific dimensions of profession commitment and job burnout