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Toward a Theory of Burnout
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Burnout is defined as a state in which individuals expect little reward and considerable punishment from work because of a lack of valued reinforcement, controllable outcomes, or personal competence as discussed by the authors.Abstract:
The burnout phenomenon, while widely acknowledged as an important issue among people-helping professionals, has to date been treated chiefly in anecdotal or descriptive reports that lack both precise theoretical foundations and substantial empirical support. Einsiedel and Tully criticize burnout research, maintaining that conceptual and operational definitions vary widely and that little effort has been expended to draw on more established literature to explain burnout. This paper proposes a new model of burnout, largely based on the work of Bandura. Burnout is defined as a state in which individuals expect little reward and considerable punishment from work because of a lack of valued reinforcement, controllable outcomes, or personal competence. The burnout literature is briefly reviewed and grouped according to the categories of the proposed burnout model.read more
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A Review and an Integration of Research on Job Burnout
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a conceptual framework for understanding the dynamics of burnout, including determinants of and interrelationships among the three burnout components, including emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and diminished personal accomplishment.
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Burnout: An Overview of 25 Years of Research and Theorizing
TL;DR: Burnout is a metaphor that is commonly used to describe a state or process of mental exhaustion, similar to the smothering of a fire or the extinguishing of a candle.
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Burnout: Testing for the Validity, Replication, and Invariance of Causal Structure Across Elementary, Intermediate, and Secondary Teachers:
TL;DR: This paper investigated the impact of organizational (role ambiguity, role conflict, work overload, classroom climate, decision making, superior support, peer support) and personality (self-esteem, external locus of control) factors on three facets of burnout.
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Correlates of burnout among public service lawyers
TL;DR: In this article, several hypotheses suggested by the theoretical literature on burnout were empirically tested in an attempt to identify the organizational conditions associated with employee burnout, including workload, role conflict, social support, decision-making policies, and autonomy.
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A Longitudinal Analysis of Burnout in the Health Care Setting: The Role of Personal Dispositions
TL;DR: In this paper, an exploratory longitudinal study was done to assess the contribution of personality to the experience of burnout, and moderate strong correlations were found between burnout scores and measures of the five factors both concurrently and longitudinally.
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