“Burnout” with Christina Maslach

In a study by one insurance company, 40% of the workers surveyed reported that their job was “very” or “extremely” stressful. One-in-four employees view their job as the number one stressor in their life.

In another study by an insurance underwriter, it was found that problems at work are more strongly associated with health complaints than any other life stressor, even more than financial or family problems.

But when does job stress become job burnout? Burnout research pioneer, Dr. Christina Maslach, shares about job burnout and what we can do about it.

About Our Guest

Dr. Christina Maslach is Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley, and an internationally recognized authority on Burnout.

Dr. Maslach is the author of several books including, The Truth About Burnout, and Burnout, The Cost of Caring. She is the creator of the most widely used tool to study burnout, the “Maslach Burnout Inventory,” as well as the Editor-in- Chief of “Journal of Burnout Research.”