Burnout in university teaching staff: a systematic literature review

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Antecedents, correlates and consequences of faculty burnout (2018, background): “…competencies of faculty, reduce their productivity and lead to burnout experiences involving cynicism as well as mental and physical exhaustion (Blix et al. 1994; Byrne et al. 2013; Demerouti et al. 2001; Maslach, Schaufeli, and Leiter 2001; Schaufeli and Bakker 2004; Watts and Robertson 2011).”
Department Conditions and Practices Associated with Faculty Workload Satisfaction and Perceptions of Equity (2019, background): “Regardless of the mechanisms, inequitable workloads lead to negative consequences for women and URM faculty careers including increased stress, longer years to advancement, and lower retention (Eagan & Garvey, 2015; Hart & Cress, 2008; Watts & Robertson, 2011).”
Burnout among university faculty: the central role of work–family conflict (2018, background): “Reviewing 12 major studies of burnout among full-time university teaching staff, Watts and Robertson (2011) have observed that burnout levels in this group were ‘comparable with mean values for education and medical professionals’ (p. 43).”
Asked More Often: Gender Differences in Faculty Workload in Research Universities and the Work Interactions That Shape Them (2017, background): “Research has shown that stress, emotional exhaustion, and burnout are associated with teaching-related faculty work, which was a primary area of requests for women (Watts & Robertson, 2011).”