Exploring the Causes of Employee Burnout and Providing Countermeasures

Xiangye Xu

doi:10.54097/hbem.v20i.12304

Authors

Xiangye Xu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/hbem.v20i.12304

Keywords:

Job burnout; Employee; Employer; Society; Management.

Abstract

Job burnout is a common workplace problem, and its existence is very harmful to personal health. Recent years, research on job burnout in various industries has made some progress. However, there is still a lack of detailed discussion on the causes of job burnout. In addition, the measures to solve job burnout still need to be standardized and systematized. Therefore, the subject of this article is to study the causes of job burnout and provide feasible suggestions. After analyzing and comparing previous literature, this study finds that employee burnout will be affected by three factors: individual, enterprise and society, and the problem of job burnout in manufacturing and service industries is more serious. On this basis, this article offers four recommendations for leaders including humanism, fairness and trust, personal development and social support.

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