N2 - The present study aims to scrutinize teacher motivation in relation to two individual level predictors, namely, self -efficacy and burnout among English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers. To this end, 142 English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers were selected from various English language institutes of Mashhad and Tehran, two cities in Iran. They were requested to complete three questionnaires: the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale, and the Work Tasks Motivation Scale for Teachers. The findings obtained via SEM revealed that the proposed model had a good fit with the empirical data. In particular, it was found that job motivation contributed significantly to burnout depletion. It was also revealed that self -efficacy positively predicted job motivation, and burnout negatively influenced self -efficacy. However, self -efficacy surpassed motivation in predicting EFL instructors’ burnout. Results were discussed from both theoretical standpoints as well as previous empirical findings. Finally, implications were presented. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/103976/PDF/PPB%203-18%2011-A.Ghanizadeh.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/103976 PY - 2018 IS - No 3: Advances in research on performance anxiety DO - 10.24425/119505 KW - EFL instructors KW - burnout KW - motivation KW - self-efficacy KW - SEM A1 - Ghanizadeh, Afsaneh A1 - Royaei, Nahid PB - Committee for Psychological Science PAS VL - vol. 49 DA - 2018.07.15 T1 - Probing EFL Teachers’ Job Motivation in the Light of Intra-individual Level Predictors UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/103976 T2 - Polish Psychological Bulletin