Burnout While Working

Michael P. Leiter, PhD has researched burnout extensively as a Professor and Canada Research Chair at Acadia University in Canada and as Professor of Organisational Psychology at Deakin University in Australia. He currently provides research and consulting services on burnout and workplace civility to organisations around the world. Cary L. Cooper, CBE is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organisational Psychology & Health at the ALLIANCE Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK, and Chair of the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work (comprised of 45 global employers). He was knighted by the Queen for services to the social sciences in 2014, and was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the British Psychological Society.

• IntroductionMichael P. Leiter and Cary L. Cooper1: High expectations and unreciprocated effort in societal exchange: Lessons from the pandemic about psychological forces that influence burnout Rachel C. Sumner and Elaine L. Kinsella2: Pandemic implications for six areas of worklifeMichael P. Leiter and Christina Maslach3: Job burnout: The epidemic within a pandemicChris Mahar and Arla Day4: What do we really understand about the relationship between physical activity and burnout? Valérie Hervieux, Claude Fernet, and Caroline Biron5: Teacher (Dis)connectedness and burnout during COVID-19 Laura Sokal, Lesley Eblie Trudel, and Jeff Babb6: "To the last drop." The acceleration of the exhaustion process due to the new working ways imposed by COVID-19Santiago Gascón, María José Chambel, and Ángela C. Asensio7: Hiding behind a mask: A multilevel perspective of burnout shameAristides I. Ferreira8: COVID-19 impact on health care worker burnout: Insights from the areas of worklife model for job burnoutColin P. West9: Stress test: The impact of COVID on employee burnout in the Department of Veterans AffairsCheyna Brower, Sean Becker, and Katerine Osatuke10: Working from home during a pandemic: A theoretical perspective on work–home spillover and risk of burnoutIgor Portoghese and Maura Galletta11: Work/home spillover when working from homeOi-ling Siu and Nuoxun Lin12: Return to work and the workplace during the pandemic: Navigating new normal(s)Jonathon R. B. Halbesleben

‘This is an important, topical and practical book that covers the profound consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic in the workplace. The authors, with their different expertise and backgrounds, offer a thoughtful and well-researched understanding of how the world has changed for people at work. It is comprehensive and critical, well-edited and thorough. I will, I believe, turn out to be a classic that analyses the new world order.’ – Adrian Furnham, Professor at the Norwegian Business School, Norway‘A winner for a no-win environment. Two academic stars organize diverse yet complementary chapters into a focused book, coming at an ideal time. Risks factors escalated during COVID while sources of renewal to mitigate burnout were stymied or compromised. Great burnout lessons from the pandemic!’ – James Campbell Quick, FSAScot, FAPA, Distinguished University Professor & Professor Emeritus, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA