1. Introduction
emotive behavior
The increasing workplace demands in the university environments can greatly impact history lecturers’ career and mental toughness. Besides teaching, grading, and supervising students, the lecturers are expected to carry out research, engage in article writing, and team up with their colleaguesDue to the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of personal contacts dwindled and distance became more prevalent, leading to the necessity of online intervention to address job burnout issues among history lecturers. In this study, telegram was used to deliver the intervention. Instant messaging, large communication files, broadcast channels, and groups are all supported in this application and it has a swift connection speed, a large user capacity, and can be accessed via several internet connected devices.Theoretically, burnout symptoms onset is thought to be a result of unrealistic beliefs in rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)’s perspective.