Definition Of Job Burn Out

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contact with their clients (Schaufeli & Buunk, 1996). In some workplace situations people do not have all the resources they need, such as time, to do the job as well as they would like. If the employee has a high level of emotional involvement with the job this situation can lead to job burn out; the person is frustrated because they would like to do a better job but they are unable to.
Schaufeli and Buunk (1996) clarify the difference, between the general term stress and the more specific term job burn out, well. They state that burn out is the result of a prolonged period of job stress, and "can only be experienced by those who enter their careers enthusiastically, with high goals and expectations." (p.317).
Introduction

This essay explores the relationship between job burn out and three issues that are related to it. The issues are, (i) organizational commitment, (ii) supervisor support and (iii) job satisfaction. The relationship between the issues is explored ...

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There is also a fairly strong relationship between depersonalization (another of the three factors of burn out) and organizational commitment (-0.33). This means that burn out occurs in conjunction with depersonalization of clients. Schaufeli and Buunk (1996) explain the relationship between burn out and depersonalization by discussing how the exhausted emotional reserves of a person suffering from burn out cannot handle the effort of empathizing with their clients pain. Instead they shut themselves off, and view the client as a problem - "That ulcer in room 34." (Cummings & Nall in Schaufelli & Buunk (1996)). These types of attitudes are particularly disturbing because they ...

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