Occupational burnout syndrome in the context of organization management

Purpose: The aim of the paper is to present the burnout syndrome as one of the many threats and determinants of the organizational management policy. The study also assessed the occupational burnout syndrome in the context of maintaining occupational health and safety and the relationship between these categories, which is a feedback. Design/methodology/approach: This paper provides a theoretical analysis of the burnout syndrome in the context of organizational management. Burnout is analyzed through the prism of both its causes and the mechanism of its formation and the expected health, social and economic effects. The paper uses secondary data taken from public statistics, thematic reports and scientific research. To illustrate the phenomenon, the available domestic data was used, and for comparative purposes, foreign data were also referenced. Findings: Burnout syndrome, posing a great threat to the effectiveness and efficiency of undertaken actions, should be one of the main determinants of the policy of broadly understood management in organizations. Practical implications: Psychosocial risks and work-related stress are among the key challenges in terms of occupational health and safety. The conditions and the growing phenomenon of burnout imply the need to take into account remedial measures at the organizational management level. The factors determining the development of organizations and economies, ie innovation, competitiveness, etc., indicated so far in the literature on the subject, are based on the quality of human capital and lose their effectiveness in the face of occupational burnout. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this phenomenon by weakening ties, trust contributing to the progressive corrosion of social capital. And even the best management and business development strategy will not be effective based on burned-out employees. Social implications: It is to raise awareness of the growing threat of professional burnout phenomenon and to indicate the necessity of undertaking specific preventive tasks by the management. Originality/value: This paper evaluates the professional burnout syndrome in the context of maintaining occupational health and safety and the feedback relationship between these categories. The article is addressed to employees in order to raise awareness of the threat of professional burnout, but also to managers in order to improve the work environment to protect the organization from the effects, including the costs of burnout.