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Christina Maslach Quotes

3 sourced quotes from Christina Maslach across Burnout.

“Burnout is not just being tired. It is the chronic erosion of the self caused by mismatched expectations and depleting work — measured along three specific dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation (cynicism), and reduced personal…”

The Maslach Burnout Inventory · 1981 · with Susan E. Jackson Burnout

“The cure for burnout is not self-care. The cure is care that comes from outside — the structural conditions changing, the relationships repairing, the work itself being made human again.”

The Truth About Burnout · 1997 · with Michael Leiter Burnout

“We have spent forty years studying burnout. The data is clear: burnout is a sign that something in the organisation has broken, not that something is wrong with the person.”

interview · UC Berkeley · 2019 Burnout