▪ Abstract Burnout is a prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal stressors
on the job, and is defined by the three dimensions of exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy.
The past 25 years of research has established the complexity of the construct, and places
the individual stress experience within a larger organizational context of people's relation to
their work. Recently, the work on burnout has expanded internationally and has led to new
conceptual models. The focus on engagement, the positive antithesis of burnout, promises�…