Executive Burnout

Sir Cary Cooper, CBE is the author and editor of more than 125 books and is one of Britain’s most quoted business gurus. He is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK. He is the President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, a founding President of the British Academy of Management, a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute and one of only a few UK Fellows of the (American) Academy of Management, past President of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and President of RELATE. He was awarded the CBE by the Queen in 2001 for his contributions to organizational health and safety; and in 2014 he was awarded a Knighthood for his contribution to the social sciences. Radha R. Sharma is Dean, Centres of Excellence; Chair, Centre for Positive Scholarship for Organisational Sustainability; Raman Munjal (Hero MotorCorp) Chair Professor and Professor of Organizational Behavior at Management Development Institute, India. She is the HR Ambassador for India, and Global Ambassador, Gender Diversity in Organisations at Academy of Management, USA, Advisor to WHO (2009) a member of International Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organisations. Her research publication interests include: executive burnout, emotional intelligence, well-being, change management spirituality at work, gender equity, diversity, leadership, cross cultural research, and sustainability.

Sharma and Cooper present readers with a comprehensive examination of the phenomenon of executive burnout and both Eastern and Western approaches to dealing with it. The authors cover the contribution of individual and organizational factors in burnout, burnout rates in various professions, models of burnout, Indian approaches to coping with stress and burnout, and a wide variety of other related subjects and topic areas. Radha R. Sharma is a faculty member of the Management Development Institute of Gurgaon, India. Sir Cary Cooper is a faculty member of is a faculty member of Manchester University in the UK.

• 1. Stress and Burnout: An Introduction2. Contribution of Individual and Organizational Factors in Burnout 3. Burnout in Various Professions 4. Models of Burnout5. Indian Approaches to Coping with Stress and Burnout6. Western Approaches7. General and Organizational ApproachesReferences About the Authors Index