Prevention of Occupational Burnout

The prevention of burnout can only be achieved on both individual and organizational levels. Employees who experience less burnout were found to have higher self esteem, feel more sufficient, and to be less affected by their environment. Alongside these, individuals resistant to burnout were stated to be individuals with hobbies, strong social relations, and the ability to draw social support from the people in their environment. In the light of these findings, prevention efforts on an individual level can be realized through ensuring self-esteem, regulating relations to others, providing hobbies, teaching to say no, and the provision of skills such as stress management. This can be achieved through groups working at the same or different occupational field receiving psychological support (for example, relaxation techniques, stress management, psychodrama). Occupational burnout is an important problem that needs to be understood and prevented where the fields of organizational and clinical psychology need to work in cooperation.