Does the School Context <i>Really</i> Matter for Teacher Burnout? Review of Existing Multilevel Teacher Burnout Research and Results From the Teaching and Learning International Survey 2018 in the Flemish- and French-Speaking Communities of Belgium

It is widely believed that the school context plays a crucial role in teacher burnout. Against background, we (1) critically review existing empirical multilevel studies on burnout and (2) use data from Teaching Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2018 to assess school-level variance its correlates emotional exhaustion, cynical depersonalization, personal accomplishment 2,300 primary (183 schools) 2,700 lower secondary (190 teachers Flemish-speaking community of Belgium, 2,135 (120 French-speaking Belgium. Our results reveal conceptual confusion exists surrounding school-context variables between-school small. Implications for educational policy research are discussed.