Burnout among Employees: A Narrative Review

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  •   Suriya Kumareswaran

Abstract

In the past two  decades, job burnout has rapidly become a part of everyone's lives. Employees experience burnout because of chronic job stressors. Job burnout is a prolonged response to persistent emotional and interpersonal stresses at work and is characterised by emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and diminishing personal accomplishment. This article explores the literature on burnout for readers to gain a better understanding of the condition. It proposes clarifying the dynamics of burnout, including the causes and consequences of its components.

Keywords: Burnout, Employee, Employer, Stress

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Kumareswaran, S. (2023). Burnout among Employees: A Narrative Review. European Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 3(2), 15–20. https://doi.org/10.24018/ejsocial.2023.3.2.410

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