Donnerstag, 12.05.2022
Burnout: Facts and Fiction
15:30 - 17:00 Uhr
Innsbruck, Hörsaal 4 (Geiwi), Innrain 52
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Vortragende/r
Prof. Dr. Wilmar Schaufeli
Wilmar Schaufeli is professor emeritus of Work and Organizational Psychology at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, and distinguished research professor at KU Leuven, Belgium. His main research field is occupational health psychology. He received his PhD from Groningen University, The Netherlands. Dr. Schaufeli is a prolific Highly Cited Researcher, ranking among the top 1% in his field since 2013. He is a fellow of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology.
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Vortrag in englischer Sprache, Diskussion in deutscher Sprache
Since the modern concept of burnout was introduced in the 1970’s it attracted quite some attention, both from scientists as well as practitioners. Meanwhile over 100,000 publications on the subject appeared. This massive amount of information calls for separating the wheat (established facts) from the chaff (fiction and myths). In attempting to do so, six issues will be addressed: (1) the concept of burnout; (2) the assessment of burnout; (3) the prevalence of burnout; (4) the biological basis of burnout; (5) burnout in the work situation; (6) interventions to prevent and combat burnout. It is concluded that, in fact, ‘burnout’ is used in an ambiguous way: it means different things for different professionals (occupational physicians vs. psychologists). Also, despite abundant research not all-important questions on burnout are answered; for instance, about its prevalence. The address is closed with a future research agenda and a proposal for a moratorium on certain types of research.
Veranstalter
Institut für Psychologie & Forschungszentrum Gesundheit und Prävention über die Lebenspanne
Jürgen Glaser
+43 (0)512 507-56021
juergen.glaser@uibk.ac.at