Latent burnout profiles: A new approach to understanding the burnout experience

By Michael Leiter, C. Maslach. 2016

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Latent profile analysis, with two large datasets, was used to identify multiple person-centered profiles across the burnout – engagement continuum, as assessed by the three dimensions of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Five profiles emerged from this analysis: Burnout (high on all three dimensions), Engagement (low on all three), Overextended (high on exhaustion only), Disengaged (high on cynicism only), and Ineffective (high on inefficacy only). Each of these profiles showed a different pattern of correlates with organizational variables. The Disengaged profile was more negative than Overextended, and closer to the Burnout profile, which argues against the use of exhaustion alone as a proxy for burnout. The results have important implications for theory, research, and interventions.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Self-efficacy, Reflection, and Burnout among Iranian EFL Teachers: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation (2021, background): “In essence, depersonalized individuals tend to hold negative views toward their job and those with whom they engage at the workplace (Leiter & Maslach, 2016).”
Burnout: Moving beyond the status quo. (2017, methodology): “The MBI was designed based on data collected through exploratory interviews, case studies, field observations, and personal experiences during the early phases of burnout research (Leiter & Maslach, 2016; Schaufeli & Enzmann, 1998).”
Exploring coping and optimism as predictors of academic burnout and performance among university students (2019, background): “The MBI-GS assesses three specific components: emotional exhaustion (insufficient emotional resources to cope with difficult situations), cynicism (a distant attitude toward the job), and reduced professional efficacy (Leiter & Maslach, 2016; Schaufeli et al., 1996).”
FINDING SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF BURNOUT (2017, background): “…research has suggested that, as a counterpoint to this reductionist redefinition, cynicism may be a more critical component of burnout than is exhaustion alone, and it has shown how the utilization of all three dimensions can identify a wider range of burnout patterns (Leiter & Maslach, 2016).”
Working on my own: Measuring the challenges of gig work (2021, background): “Taking inspiration from work on burnout (Leiter and Maslach, 2016), future work might investigate whether gig workers have different challenge profiles that are shaped by the nature of their work (e.g. the variable elements of gig work in Table 1, such as duration and technological platform), as…”