By Australian School of Business
University of New South Wales

Monday, 19th October 2009

While burnout is usually considered to be the end result of excess stress in the workplace, new research suggests the people most likely to experience burnout are those who feel their work is not significant or doesn’t make a difference.

Professor Ayala Malach-Pines from Ben-Gurion University, Israel, presented her research at a recent Australian School of Business seminar. She examined the difference between stress and burnout for employees in a range of occupations including nurses, teachers, police officers and managers.

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