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I did not read the full paper so I can't comment on details that are not present, however from the article it seems as if they are attributing the burnout to th
by kenrikm 13y ago
I did not read the full paper so I can't comment on details that are not present, however from the article it seems as if they are attributing the burnout to the individual's own psychology when in fact it's usually a mixture of failures within the organization and the individual combined. I.E an individual may burnout in one company and not another and in reverse an organization is unlikely to burn out 100% of its employees.
- josephschmoe 13y agoThis was a survey of university workers - so I imagine that's less of an issue than at a company.
- theothermkn 13y agoYeah. This was striking to me, too. The article delegitimizes burnout as being only the result of dysfunctional coping strategies. There is no exploitation of labor? There are no dysfunctional organizations? Any job is potentially fulfilling? For better or for worse, capitalism is alienating; It disregards human value and replaces it with the economic value of labor. Pretending that that isn't the case, that labor in service of another for wages is the proper and normal condition of human beings, will help no one either adapt to this unnatural set of conditions or understand how to work at a societal level to ameliorate it.
- JamesLeonis 13y agoFrom my reading of the article, it described three types of burnout because they result from three different coping mechanisms to stress. The article didn't mention where the stress came from. I think you're right about the organization and employee friction being a source, but it was beyond the scope of the paper.