In today’s world, times have changed within the workplace. Given the complex nature of the concept, work or job stress, it appears a daunting task reaching a unified definition of work stress because of the acknowledged fact that a singular approach may not be able to encompass the breadth of the phenomenon. Stress also comes in the form of burnout. The burnout phase can begin at the point of psychological strain in response to chronic work stress. (Greenhaus 263) Burnout is a psychological strain in response to chronic work stress. Although initially it was thought that burnout was primarily associated with jobs with a high degree of human interaction, such as those in the social services and health care sectors, it is now recognized that burnout is more widespread and can appear in many occupations and industries. Burnout has been likened to job depression since emotional exhaustion is a symptom. Burnout has also been considered a problem of motivation because individuals suffering from this condition exhibit low engagement in their job.

This essay will look at some of the major components of stress and burnout, as it relates to career management. I researched two articles found in the business source database, and my goal is to discuss some of the industry expert’s thoughts, opinions, as well as ways to cope and handle these emotional defeats of one’s career.

This article explains the process up until when an employee reaches the phase of burnout. The authors examined the pattern of burnout change over time depending on career transition type. The authors challenged existing burnout theory by articulating how the 3-burnout dimensions should differ in their pattern of change over time as a result of their career transition types for organizational newcomers, internal job changers, and organizational insiders. Many of the causes of burnout are stressors encountered in the work environment: lack of rewards, of control, of clarity, of support, of fairness; a conflict of values; and an unmanageable workload. (Grenhaus 273) Burnout is a type of stress response most commonly displayed by individuals who have intense contact and involvement with others during the course of their normal workday. Burnout was first seen as occurring within the helping professions such as nursing and education, but it is now seen as a widespread issue. At first, burnout was studied from an emotional arousal perspective.
The authors’ main issue was that those who stay within their jobs tend to have stable levels of burnout, whereas the other two groups tend to fluctuate in terms of their levels of burnout. The authors stated that job burnout has been looked at in many different ways, but the most used dentition is a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, cynicism depersonalization of others, and a feeling of reduced efficacy personal accomplishment. predictions about different types of burnout trajectories, which we define as the functional form of an individual's change in burnout over time.

The results suggested that burnout was stable for organizational insiders but dynamic for newcomers and internal job changers. Having mental fatigue and while having no real control where they would feel they have changed, and the world has become vague, dreamlike, less real, or lacking in significance.

In comparison with the article and the text, many of the causes of burnout are stressors encountered in the work environment: lack of rewards, of control, of clarity, of support, of fairness; a conflict of values; and an unmanageable workload. What enable these stressors to produce burnout are several personal characteristics: idealistic expectations, feelings of personal responsibility for failure, and predisposition to stress. The two differs as the authors of this article used research on the determinants of burnout to develop logic for why burnout may change, we did not actually measure demands and resources over time. Greenhaus used educational research only to make his point more relevant but didn’t perform any subject matter or scientific research to support his thesis and point of burnout.