Highlighting the key role of EFL teachers in academic performance of students in particular and the success of educational systems in general, the present study attempted to investigate the relationship between EFL teachers’ spiritual intelligence and their burnout level. For this purpose, 100 EFL teachers (50 males and 50 females) working at different private language institutes in Mashhad, Iran participated in the study. Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory (SIRI) were used to gather the required data from the participants. The results revealed a significant negative relationship between the EFL teachers’ spiritual intelligence and their burnout level. Furthermore, the correlations between the different subscales of the variables were reported. The results indicated that there were not any statistically significant differences between the male and female participants with regard to both their spiritual intelligence and their burnout.

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