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Robert T. Golembiewski
Department of Political Science
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
and
Robert Boudreau
Faculty of Management
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Alberta, CANADA
PHASES OF BURNOUT
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ment (REV)
Emotional Lo Lo Lo Lo Hi Hi Hi Bi
Exaustion
Conceptually, the phase model does no=require
that an individual go through each phase
sequentially. The model proposes only that the
several phases are progressively virulent, however
one gets into one phase or another. Two modes of
onset are accommodated by the model, moreover.
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BURNOUT
Summary, P h a s e s o f B u r n o u t , i n V a r i o u s H e a l t h c a r e Settings
Phases of Fkrnout, in percent
I I1 111 IV v VI VII VIII
1. A l l operating and supervisory 29.1 0.0 0.0 14.1 0.0 18.5 9.5 28.9
employees of a chain of nursing
hams, generally considered the
"Cadillac" of their type, S i t e
A, N = 2389
2. A l l arployees of a mn-profit,
~ t i o n a, lf dl-service
hospital, excluding doctors,
N = 772
3. A l l errplayees of a ran-profit,
denrninational, full-service
hospital, excluding doctors,
N = 637
4. A l l employees of a full-care
cxmnunity hospital i n Can-
adian regional c e n t e r i n
r u r a l area, excluding drxtors,
S i t e B, N = 404
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BURNOUT
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BURNOUT
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CONCLUSIONS