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The burnout companion to study and practice: A critical analysis. By Wilmar Schaufeli and Dirk Enzmann. London: Taylor and Francis. 1998. Paper, L19.95. ISBN 0 7484 0698 0.
With this latest text, Schaufeli and Enzmann put forward their claim to be among the leading reseachers in the burnout field on this side of the Atlantic. Schaufeli was one of the editors of a previous excellent introduction to the field (Schaufeli, Maslach, & Marek, 1993). Whereas his previous book comprised contributions from many of the leading workers in the burnout field such as Maslach, Pines, Cherniss, and Leiter, the current text has been written entirely by the authors themselves. The book benefits from a consistency of style, not often found in edited texts.
The field of occupation burnout is one that continues to expand rapidly. A literature search for the present book revealed 5500 entries of which some 61% were professional journal articles. The main strength of this book is...