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| Published: September 25, 2020
Burnout in the workplace
Msc, Organizational Psychology, King's College London, UK Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.143/20200803
DOI: 10.25215/0803.143
ABSTRACT
Average adults spend a third of their living in offices, making them susceptible to extreme stress. Often this stress breaks the tolerance threshold and causes deteriorating effects on an individual’s mental, physical, and emotional life. This effect is known as Burnout. In medical terms, Burnout is a psychiatric syndrome in response to chronic stress at work. This paper discusses the causes, mitigating factors, and various models of burnout. Also discuss the implications of this phenomenon due to its high relevancy and presence in our 21st-century work culture, where people are seriously overworked and exhausted. Burnout often stays disguised and can reduce a person’s wellbeing and productivity over time, not to mention causing chronic health issues, hence it is important to be aware and recognize this before it gets too late.
Keywords
Burnout, chronic work-stress, demotivation at work, reduced productivity, depersonalization, cynicism, Conservation of Resources Model, Job Demands-Resources Model, Multilevel model of burnout, Mediation model of burnout, Interpersonal model of burnout, job withdrawal, absenteeism
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© 2020, Ghosh T.;
Received: August 16, 2020; Revision Received: September 20, 2020; Accepted: September 25, 2020
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.143/20200803
10.25215/0803.143
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Published in Volume 08, Issue 3, July-September, 2020