Abstract burnout is a prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal stressors on the job, and is defined by the three dimensions of exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy. the past 25 years of research has established the complexity of the construct, and places the individual stress experience within a larger organizational context of people's relation to their work.. Abstract: burnout patients perform poorer on cognitive tasks than healthy controls. a possible explanation for this decreased performance is a relatively permanent reduced motivation to expend effort.. The applied nature of burnout research has prompted calls for effective intervention annu. 2001.52:397-422. 2000 22:50 annual reviews ar120-15 418 maslach
