STRESS AND BURNOUT A PATH TO SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS

21^st Century is the Era of Stress and burnout. This book on stress and Burnout: A path to success and Happiness covers in-depth study about Stress and Burnout among professionals. The technological advancements, social, economic and political upheavals present multiple demands and challenges before a Corporate Manager/Professionals. A manager or Professional is required to meet these demands with the meagre resources. Many researchers have identified Professional job/ managerial job/administrative job as stressful occupation, due to the negative aspects of job such as multiple responsibilities, disciplinary problems, workers’ apathy, involuntary transfers, inadequate pay and perks and lack of administrative support etc. As a result of these, managers/ professionals are likely to suffer from stress may experience a sense of tiredness, frustration. When prolonged stress continues and it is not effectively managed, it can even lead to symptoms of Burnout, a state of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and diminished personal accomplishment in the job. Thus, burnout is not a trivial problem but a major dysfunction of the 21^st century, which has far reaching impact on quality and quantity of productivity

This book, therefore, attempts to find out the factors affecting performance of professionals and to assess the level of burnout (higher stage of stress) among them. So, that corrective major can be taken to improve the productivity of the professionals.

This book provides a reference guide to academia and industry in stress and burnout like what it is, its causes, symptoms, types, comparison, consequences, prevention and most importantly solutions, how to deal with it in practical way. The chapters cover various aspects of Stress and burnout from basics, providing in-depth information on stress and burnout along with practical approach to manage it.

It is expected that the present book would support the academic, scientific and industrial communities to transform the individual for better world.