CHAPTER 2
Six Causes of Burnout, and How to Avoid Them
by Elizabeth Grace Saunders
You know you’re on the verge of burnout: You’re perpetually exhausted, annoyed, and feeling unaccomplished and unappreciated. Everything in you wants to quit your job. But is that the best choice? Ultimately only you can know what is right in your situation. But there is research that can help you determine whether you can salvage your current job or whether the mismatch between you and your current position is so great that you need to look for a new one.
Various models help to explain and predict burnout. One, called the Areas of Worklife model (drawn from research by Christina Maslach and Michael P. Leiter of the University of California at Berkeley and Acadia ...
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