Professional Burnout Recent Developments in Theory and Research

A rapidly growing number of people experience psychological strain at their workplace. In almost all industrialized countries, absenteeism and turnover rates increase, and an increasing amount of workers receive disablement benefits because of psychological problems. This book, first published in 1993, concentrates on a specific kind of occupational stress: burnout, the depletion of energy resources as a result of continuous emotional demands of the job.
This volume presents theoretical perspectives that had been developed in the United States and Europe, discusses methodological issues, and examines organisational contexts. Written by an international group of leading scholars, this book will be of interest to students of both psychology and human resource management.

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Wilmar B. Schaufeli, Christina Maslach, Tadeusz Marek

Summary

This book, first published in 1993, concentrates on a specific kind of occupational stress: burnout, the depletion of energy resources as a result of continuous emotional demands of the job. Written by an international group of leading scholars, this book will be of interest to students of both psychology and human resource management.

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• Assisted by: Tadeusz (Jagiellonian University Marek (Editor), Wilmar B. Schaufeli (Editor), Tadeusz Marek (Editor), Christina Maslach (Editor), Maslach Christina (Editor), Christina (University of California Maslach (Editor), Wilmar B. (Utrecht University Schaufeli (Editor), Marek Tadeusz (Editor)
• Authors: Wilmar B. (Utrecht University Schaufeli
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 20.11.2018
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics
• EAN: 9780415786157
• ISBN: 978-0-415-78615-7
• Pages: 312
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Human Resource Management
• Subjects: PSYCHOLOGY / Industrial & Organizational Psychology; Occupational and industrial psychology; Occupational & industrial psychology; Personnel & human resources management; Personnel and human resources management