Category: Research
GFI Software Survey: Most IT admins considering quitting due to stress
Original Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14666 The number of IT professionals considering leaving their job due to workplace stress has jumped from 69% last year to 73%, underlining the increasingly challenging business landscape in the UK and the growing emphasis being placed on IT to help businesses grow, thrive and compete. One-third of those surveyed by GFI Software [...]
Burn out clinic opens for business
By: Austrian Times A new clinic in the Hollenburg district of Krems has opened up specifically to deal with people suffering from burnout. Patients will be taken from all over the country who are suffering from the effects of stress. Managers at the new project say that the fact there is an urgent need for [...]
Heading for burnout?
Original Source: http://www.dailypioneer.com/avenues/95405-heading-for-burnout-.html A survey by Regus, provider of flexible workplace, shows that over 16,000 professionals across 80 countries have declared that they are more stressed with the disruptive office pressure and working environment. Madhusudan Thakur tells you how you can make your workplace friendlier and healthier by providing freedom of working hours According to [...]
Feeling The Burn(Out)
By: MICHAEL WASILEWSKI AND ALTHEA OLSON Unchecked, this type of “professional depression” can not only affect you at work, but in all areas of your life. Fighting burnout is a critical survival skill for a police officer that is often overlooked. Seven days underpaid, gotta give it up; Got no time for this life that I’m livin’ [...]
Marissa Mayer: Why Work Burnout Is About Resentment
By: Jessica Stillman, INC Ambitious business owners face a delicate balancing act. You want your team (and yourself) to work as hard as possible, but you want to avoid the serious long-term decline in productivity and employee turnover that burnout brings. How hard should you push? What measures should you take to prevent getting burned [...]
Burnout rates among physicians high, according to new survey
By Maiken Scott Doctors are experiencing burnout at higher rates than other professionals – according to new research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers surveyed 7,288 physicians nationwide and found that 45.8% reported experiencing at least one symptom of serious burnout, such as emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a low sense of personal accomplishment. Study author Tait [...]
Job stress burnout can lead to heart attacks
A latest report suggests that job stress burnout can lead to heart attacks. Stressful job is very dangerous to a man or woman’s health and increases the risk of heart attack at an early age. London, (IANS) Being bossed around in a stressful job raises chances of a heart attack by 25 percent, warn researchers. [...]
70 per cent of mental health professionals in WA burning out
AN ECU psychology researcher has found up to 70 per cent of WA Mental Health professionals are burning out during their career. PhD student Marieke Ledingham is investigating the prevalence, symptoms and causes of burnout in WA mental health professionals. She surveyed 56 professionals in the field of which around 70 per cent said they had [...]
Burnout! When Giving and Receiving Are Out of Balance
By Amanda Owen Before I sold my house and belongings and drove from Philadelphia to Phoenix, leaving my old life behind in the rearview mirror, I was a workaholic. Because I loved my job, I never saw the amount of hours I invested as a detriment…although others certainly did. But that all changed during the four [...]
Avoiding Burnout
By White Coat Investor JAMA had a great article this month on burnout. As far as I (or the authors know) this is the only scientific study of burnout among physicians. They used validated instruments that measure burnout (who knew they even existed) and then surveyed doctors in many specialties. The results are illuminating, depressing, and even [...]
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