Burnout is a stress phenomenon, caused by prolonged work pressure which exceeds the individual’s ability to cope. it results in physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion, cynicism, work-related self-doubt and inefficiency.. Occupational burnout is thought to result from long-term, unresolvable, job stress. in 1974, herbert freudenberger became the first researcher to publish in a psychology -related journal a paper that used the term burnout .. Job burnout is a consequence of the perceived disparity between the demands of the job and the resources (both material and emotional) that an employee has available to him or her..
The chapter discusses in detail the historic development of burnout or the burnout syndrome. certain aspects of burnout were documented as early as the old testament. essentially, the discourse on the burnout syndrome has taken place in several phases, and it is still going on today. in the 1990s. The harmfulness of the job burnout phenomenon of chinese university counsellors cannot be neglected. how to relieve counsellors’ job burnout effectively by improving their involvement in work is. Burnout: 35 years of research and practice wilmar b. schaufeli utrecht university, utrecht, the netherlands job burnout emerged as an important concept in the 1970s, and it captured something it has become a phenomenon of notable global significance..
