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SHRM research: poor leadership and heavy workloads are top contributors to workplace burnout

New SHRM research identifies the workplace factors most associated with employee burnout.

Society for Human Resource ManagementAlexandria, VA20245 min read

SHRM's research identifies poor leadership and heavy workloads as the top contributors to workplace burnout, ahead of personal factors that are often invoked in wellness programming.

The framing matters because it locates much of the responsibility — and the leverage — with management practice rather than individual coping.

Read the full SHRM release for the survey findings.

Read the original at Society for Human Resource Management

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