Is burnout about the workplace or the people?
Episode 8
Burnout, a word we all know, may have experienced or know someone who has suffered through. Is burnout a buzzword or a byproduct of our environment? In this episode we sit down with one of the original leaders in the field, Dr. Christina Maslach, to explore what exactly is burnout, what factors can put us at increased risk for burnout, and who needs to claim responsibility for this global phenomenon.
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Show Notes
Researcher(s)
Dr. Christina Maslach
Books
Mankins, Michael, and Eric Garton. Time, Talent, Energy: Overcome Organizational Drag and Unleash Your Teams Productive Power. Harvard Business Review Press, 2017.
Articles
1. America Psychological Association, et al. “Stress in America: Paying With Our Health.” American Psychological Association, 4 Feb. 2015, www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2014/stress-report.pdf
2. “Burn-out an ‘Occupational Phenomenon’: International Classification of Diseases.” World Health Organization, 28 May 2019, www.who.int/news/item/28-05-2019-burn-out-an-occupational-phenomenon-international-classification-of-diseases#:%7E:text=Burn%2Dout%20is%20included%20in,classified%20as%20a%20medical%20condition.&text=%E2%80%9CBurn%2Dout%20is%20a%20syndrome,has%20not%20been%20successfully%20managed
3. Garton, Eric. “Employee Burnout Is a Problem with the Company, Not the Person.” Harvard Business Review, 20 July 2017, hbr.org/2017/04/employee-burnout-is-a-problem-with-the-company-not-the-person
4. Goh, Joel, et al. “The Relationship Between Workplace Stressors and Mortality and Health Costs in the United States.” Management Science, vol. 62, no. 2, 2016, pp. 608–28. Crossref, doi:10.1287/mnsc.2014.2115
5. Mankins, Michael, et al. “Your Scarcest Resource.” Harvard Business Review, 22 Feb. 2017, hbr.org/2014/05/your-scarcest-resource
6. Maslach, Christina, and Michael P. Leiter. “Understanding the Burnout Experience: Recent Research and Its Implications for Psychiatry.” World Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 2, 2016, pp. 103–11. Crossref, doi:10.1002/wps.20311
7. Moss, Jennifer. “Burnout Is About Your Workplace, Not Your People.” Harvard Business Review, 16 Dec. 2019, hbr.org/2019/12/burnout-is-about-your-workplace-not-your-people
8. Pendell, Ryan. “Millennials Are Burning Out.” Gallup, 19 July 2018, www.gallup.com/workplace/237377/millennials-burning.aspx
9. Weiss, Leah. “Burnout From an Organizational Perspective (SSIR).” Stanford Social Innovation Review, 20 Oct. 2020, ssir.org/articles/entry/burnout_from_an_organizational_perspective
10. Wigert, Ben, and Sangeeta Agrawal. “Employee Burnout, Part 1: The 5 Main Causes.” Gallup, 31 Dec. 2020, www.gallup.com/workplace/237059/employee-burnout-part-main-causes.aspx