Anti-burnout

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Burnout and how work is organised

So far, we’ve looked at the role that individual and personal factors play in the development of burnout. But what about the job itself? How might the nature of the work and how the work is organised either contribute to or protect you from burnout? One of the key principles in understanding burnout, and one that has been emphasised by the World Health Organization, is that burnout only occurs in the context of work.

In this chapter, we’ll take a deep dive into how the nature of work and how work is organised relates to burnout. In particular, we’ll explore how the quality of relationships in the workplace plays a pivotal role in both organisational and personal well-being. We’ll also look at how unconscious ...