The Burnout Companion To Study And Practice
Author | : Wilmar Schaufeli |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1998-11-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 0748406980 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780748406982 |
Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Burnout Companion To Study And Practice written by Wilmar Schaufeli and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-11-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burnout is a common metaphor for a state of extreme psychophysical exhaustion, usually work-related. This book provides an overview of the burnout syndrome from its earliest recorded occurrences to current empirical studies. It reviews perceptions that burnout is particularly prevalent among certain professional groups - police officers, social workers, teachers, financial traders - and introduces individual inter- personal, workload, occupational, organizational, social and cultural factors. Burnout deals with occurrence, measurement, assessment as well as intervention and treatment programmes.; This textbook should prove useful to occupational and organizational health and safety researchers and practitioners around the world. It should also be a valuable resource for human resources professional and related management professionals.