Whether academics’ job performance makes a difference to burnout and the effect of psychological counselling—comparison of four types of performers

• Miao Lei,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Student Affairs Division, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China, Department of Foundation of Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

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• Gazi Mahabubul Alam ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gazi.mahabubul@upm.edu.my, gazimalamb@yahoo.com

  Affiliation Department of Foundation of Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2867-6793

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• Karima Bashir,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Foundation of Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, Department of Education, Faculty of Education, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Kebbi State, Nigeria

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• Gui Pingping

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliations Department of Foundation of Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, Center for Faculty Development, Sias University, Xinzheng, Henan, China

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