You have a close friend who is showing all of the symptoms of burnout. You don’t think she’s a Type A person. All of the following might help her, but which one would likely be the LEAST helpful in resolving her problem?
A. Taking a vacation
B. Getting a new job in the same field
C. Joining the company bowling league
D. Negotiating with the boss for more decision-making authority in one part of the job.
A. Taking a vacation
Taking a vacation takes the person away from the immediate experience of stress, but does not change the stressful situation. The person will return to the same situation. It is true that the person may have more energy and will no longer be in the “exhaustion stage”, but they will return to the “alarm stage” as soon as they return to work (and likely when they anticipate returning to work).
Getting a new job in the same field may also have many of the same stresses, but it may not – the people in the new company may have a different means of appraising the situation, and the differential appraisal can affect the experience of stress dramatically. It is a means of problem-focused coping.
Joining a social organization can provide important social support and opportunities to discuss and process one’s feelings related to work stressors. It is a means of emotion-focused coping.
Negotiating increased authority provides an increased sense of control, and control reduces perceptions of stress.
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