ABSTRACT
Burnout represents a major and debilitating response to on-going job stress. Particularly with the pressures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the medical profession has seen a dramatic critical rise in the level of stress and the frequency of burnout. A significant amount of research focusing on healthcare has been conducted over the last several years primarily directed to those members of the medical profession who provide direct services to patients. Unfortunately, hospital executives, administrators, and administrative teams have been largely excluded from this research. To rectify this problem, this study explores the way administrative team members describe their experiences with burnout in terms of educational growth and leadership development.The results of this study provide insights into three main areas: the perception of burnout as a health issue, the causes, sources, and effects of burnout among administrative healthcare administrators, and the effects of burnout on education and training. By better understanding the causes and consequences of burnout at the executive level and the training and leadership development interventions that can successfully address the sources of that burnout, healthcare leadership can be in a better position to guide and direct their organizations to provide the highest quality of care to their clients: the patients and their families who rely on the American health care system, often in life and death situations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
ABSTRACT
Burnout represents a major and debilitating response to on-going job stress. Particularly with the pressures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the medical profession has seen a dramatic critical rise in the level of stress and the frequency of burnout. A significant amount of research focusing on healthcare has been conducted over the last several years primarily directed to those members of the medical profession who provide direct services to patients. Unfortunately, hospital executives, administrators, and administrative teams have been largely excluded from this research. To rectify this problem, this study explores the way administrative team members describe their experiences with burnout in terms of educational growth and leadership development.The results of this study provide insights into three main areas: the perception of burnout as a health issue, the causes, sources, and effects of burnout among administrative healthcare administrators, and the effects of burnout on education and training. By better understanding the causes and consequences of burnout at the executive level and the training and leadership development interventions that can successfully address the sources of that burnout, healthcare leadership can be in a better position to guide and direct their organizations to provide the highest quality of care to their clients: the patients and their families who rely on the American health care system, often in life and death situations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)