社会杂志 ›› 2016, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 103-132.

• 专题二：职业社会学研究 • 上一篇    下一篇

在理念与现实之间——当代中国法治化进程中体制内法治工作者职业倦怠研究

毕向阳   

  1. 中国政法大学社会学院
  • 出版日期:2016-07-20 发布日期:2016-07-20
  • 通讯作者: 毕向阳 E-mail:xiangyangb@cupl.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    论文数据来自作者参与的“加强法治工作队伍建设研究”课题。

Caught between Ideal and Reality:A Study on Occupational Burnout among Legal Professionals under the Rule by Law Reform in China

BI Xiangyang   

  1. School of Sociology, China University of Political Science and Law
  • Online:2016-07-20 Published:2016-07-20

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摘要：

本文以社会认知论为理论框架,采用量化方法研究了体制内法治工作者的职业倦怠及其影响因素,结果表明,该群体总体上存在较高水平的职业倦怠。进一步的分析表明,法治理念水平、对法治建设前景的信心、实际工作法治化程度等因素均对该群体的职业倦怠影响显著。尤其是三个变量两两之间的交互项偏回归系数在统计上的显著更值得关注,表明理念、期待与现实之间的冲突导致的认知失调和心理落差是引发体制内法治工作者职业倦怠不可忽视的重要因素。本研究从科层体制内部为理解当代中国法治化进程提供了一些线索。

Abstract:

This paper analyzes job burnout of legal professionals under the rule by law reform in China and its possible causes. Social cognitive theory, including cognitive dissonance, expectancy theory and social comparison theory, provides the analytic framework for this study. The conclusion reveals a high level job burnout among the legal professionals in China. Further analysis indicates that one's commitment to the rule by law, confidence about the reform, and difficulties experienced at daily work are influential factors affecting his/her job stress levels. Importantly, the interaction coefficients between these variables are statistically significant, clearly demonstrating that the discrepancy between expectation and disappointing reality is one of the root causes of job burnout in legal profession. The discrepancy causes cognitive dissonance and psychological imbalance. At theoretical level, this finding opens a new way of examining a particular occupational burnout. It shows that under the rule by law reform, the Chinese legal workers exhibit cognitive discord between ideal and reality, which can constitute a micro-political psychological basis of organizational change as speculated by Neo-institutionalism and in turn reveals some insights for us to understand the reform process within the bureaucratic system.