burnout

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Burnout—a psychosocial syndrome—has long been linked with physical health problems across a range of occupations. For the first time, research from the University of York and York St John University has shown that this is also the case for teachers. The research is published in the International…

Glenys Oberg. Credit: Frontiers Glenys Oberg is a Ph.D. student and research assistant at the School of Education of the University of Queensland. A former teacher, she focuses in her research on trauma-informed pedagogy and practice. Recently, Oberg and her colleagues Annemaree Carroll and Stephanie Macmahon published a review…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study from two University of Maine researchers suggests that the personal protective factors of resilience and compassion satisfaction, and the professional factor of working in a positive school climate are key to mitigating burnout among teachers. Compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic…

Credit: pexels/tara winstead, CC BY-SA You've probably heard about the "great resignation" which saw large numbers of people resigning from their jobs in the US in 2021 and 2022. We didn't see resignations over and above what is normal in Australia. However, we did see workers resisting the post-COVID return to the office. To…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Online communities play an important role in creating a sense of connection between strangers. But what happens when the people moderating our favorite online communities quit? Why do they quit, and what strategies can companies like Meta and Reddit implement to help prevent burnout? A study by…

The Wolf Among Us 2 has been delayed out of 2023, developer Telltale confirmed in a tweet. In a related interview with IGN, CEO Jamie Ottilie attributed the delay to an effort in avoiding burnout and crunch. Furthermore, the studio wants to avoid releasing an unfinished game as it shifts development from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5. The sequel to the beloved episodic narrative based on Vertigo's Fables series of graphic novels was announced back at The Game Awards 2019. However, the COVID-19 pandemic raised a bunch…

Telltale Games has announced that The Wolf Among Us 2 will no longer launch in 2023, with the studio citing developers’ health needs. The delay was announced last night (March 1) through Twitter, with Telltale Games confirming that the sequel to The Wolf Among Us has been delayed “out of 2023.” “We started work on this in 2020 and we’re still determined to tell the ongoing story of Bigby and the rest of the Fabletown gang,” wrote Telltale. “However, it is going to require more time. As disappointed as you are hearing…

Driving along the mountain-flanked Angeles Crest Highway in southern California, Arlo Parks played her new album for her girlfriend for the first time. A sunny, spacious record fizzing with the promise of new love, she wanted it “to throw people off balance a little”. The couple turned off and parked the car, music still playing as they looked out over the city of Los Angeles, the singer-songwriter’s new home. “She loved it,” says Parks.LA is a long way from Hammersmith, London, where the 22-year-old performer born Anaïs…

Average perception scores of promotion candidates. Differences are significant at the 1% significance level. Credit: European Sociological Review (2022). DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcac055 Earlier research indicated that former burnout employees experience unfavorable treatment when applying to a new organization. However, how would employees with a history of burnout fare in the context of a promotion in their current organization?…

When Sarah Michelle Gellar was sent the script for a new supernatural teen drama, her first instinct was to let the dead lie. “I was like, ‘I’m not reading it,’” she says firmly. “Werewolves? No, thank you – been there, done that.”After all, 20 years after Gellar laid down her stakes and scythe, audiences are still obsessing over Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The TV show, which ran for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003, inspired an academic discipline, with journals, conferences and scholars known as “Buffyologists”. Now, the…