Abstract
An evolving research program has isolated a dominant pattern of relationships between four classes of variables: 16 features of the worksite, 8 phases of psychological burn-out, 19 symptoms of physical dis-ease, and several measures of performance and productivity. Causal directions have not been determined. Globally, however, as assignments of individuals progress from Phase I through VIII, regular and usually-robust patterns of association exist: the quality of the worksite deteriorates significantly, physiological symptoms increase in nonrandom ways, and performance appraisals as well as objectively-measured productivity trend downward.
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Golembiewski, R.T. (1988). Policy Initiatives in Worksite Research: Implications from Research on a Phase Model of Burn-out. In: Kelly, R.M. (eds) Promoting Productivity in the Public Sector. Policy Studies Organization Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08885-0_12
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