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Burnout: Moving beyond the status quo.

Bianchi, Renzo, Schonfeld, Irvin Sam, Laurent, Eric·2019·International Journal of Stress Management
DOI 10.1037/str0000088
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Burnout has been defined as a job-induced syndrome combining emotional exhaustion, depersonalization/cynicism, and a sense of reduced personal accomplishment. In this article, we expand on past analyses of burnout by reviewing key, yet overlooked, problems affecting the construct. We concomitantly examine the implications of these problems for the overall validity of burnout research. Our work shows that burnout research is undermined by 4 main problems. First, what constitutes a case of burnout is unclear. Second, the basic conceptualization and operationalization of burnout are ill aligned. Third, burnout is unlikely to be the specifically job-induced syndrome it has been posited to be. Fourth, the discriminant validity of the burnout construct is unsatisfactory. These fundamental problems, disregarded for decades, render burnout research inconclusive. This state of affairs (a) bears on researchers’ and practitioners’ ability to monitor and protect workers’ health and (b) prevents public health policymakers from producing authoritative recommendations. The burnout construct thus appears to not well serve the goal of promoting occupational health. The depression construct may offer occupational health specialists a way out of the “burnout impasse.” Depression is diagnosable. Like burnout, depression can be studied dimensionally (i.e., as a process) and examined from both an individual and a social standpoint. Methods for investigating the etiological link between depressive symptoms and disorders and job stress are available.

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Authors
Bianchi, R., Schonfeld, I. S., & Laurent, E.
ORCID
Venue
International Journal of Stress Management
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2019-02
Volume
26
Issue
1
Pages
36-45
ISSN
  • 1072-5245 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-3424
DOI
10.1037/str0000088
OpenAlex
W2779036087
Cited by
93
References
101
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 1
FWCI
16.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • International Journal of Stress Management (publishedVersion)
  • CUNY Academic Works (City University of New York) (submittedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
Keywords
burnout, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment, construct validity, discriminant validity, occupational stress, occupational health, depression, depressive symptoms, employee health

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