Burnout: A short socio-cultural history

Wilmar B. Schaufeli

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-52887-8_5

Burnout: A short socio-cultural history

Wilmar B. Schaufeli^*

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Work and Organizational Psychology: Occupational Health Psychology

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The work and organisational psychologist Wilmar Schaufeli explores the historical roots of burnout as well as the specific socio-cultural factors that led to its emergence. Addressing the question of whether the major symptoms of burnout are ubiquitous or context specific, he analyses how they relate to similar syndromes, such as neurasthenia and depression. Have burnout-like phenomena been observed in the past as well, and is it a typically Western phenomenon? Schaufeli’s chapter concludes with a discussion of differences in the ways the diagnosis is used and understood in North America and Europe.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Burnout, Fatigue, Exhaustion: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on a Modern Affliction
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	5
Pages	105-127
Number of pages	23
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319528878
ISBN (Print)	9783319528861
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52887-8_5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2017

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