Stress, Burnout & Recovery Assessment | Foster School of Business

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Stress, Burnout & Recovery

This assessment helps you reflect on three dimensions of your work experience: the stressors you face, signs of occupational burnout, and how effectively you recover from work demands during your time away. Your results are private and calculated entirely in your browser.

Set aside 5–10 minutes to complete all three sections. There are no right or wrong answers. Respond based on your honest experience over the past few weeks.

1 · Work Stressors Rate challenge and hindrance stressors in your current role. 11 items.

2 · Burnout Reflect on how often you experience key symptoms of occupational burnout. 15 items.

3 · Recovery Describe how you typically spend your time outside of work. 16 items.

Section 3 of 3

Recovery

Think about how you typically spend your time outside of work. Indicate how much you agree with each statement: "During time after work, I…"

Your Results — Recovery

Recovery Strategies

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References

Challenge–Hindrance Stressor Framework

Cavanaugh, M. A., Boswell, W. R., Roehling, M. V., & Boudreau, J. W. (2000). An empirical examination of self-reported work stress among U.S. managers. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85(1), 65–74.

LePine, J. A., Podsakoff, N. P., & LePine, M. A. (2005). A meta-analytic test of the challenge stressor–hindrance stressor framework: An explanation for inconsistent relationships among stressors and performance. Academy of Management Journal, 48(5), 764–775.

LePine, M. A. (2022). The challenge-hindrance stressor framework: An integrative conceptual review and path forward. Journal of Management, 48(6), 1438–1461.

Podsakoff, N. P., LePine, J. A., & LePine, M. A. (2007). Differential challenge stressor-hindrance stressor relationships with job attitudes, turnover intentions, turnover, and withdrawal behavior: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92(2), 438–454.

Podsakoff, N. P., Freiburger, K. J., Podsakoff, P. M., & Rosen, C. C. (2023). Laying the foundation for the challenge–hindrance stressor framework 2.0. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 10, 165–199.

Burnout

Lee, R. T., & Ashforth, B. E. (1996). A meta-analytic examination of the correlates of the three dimensions of job burnout. Journal of Applied Psychology, 81(2), 123–133.

Maslach, C., Jackson, S. E., & Leiter, M. P. (1996). Maslach Burnout Inventory manual (3rd ed.). Consulting Psychologists Press.

Maslach, C., Schaufeli, W. B., & Leiter, M. P. (2001). Job burnout. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 397–422.

Maslach, C., & Leiter, M. P. (2008). Early predictors of job burnout and engagement. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(3), 498–512.

Maslach, C., & Leiter, M. P. (2022). The burnout challenge: Managing people's relationships with their jobs. Harvard University Press.

Recovery from Work

Sonnentag, S., & Fritz, C. (2007). The Recovery Experience Questionnaire: Development and validation of a measure for assessing recuperation and unwinding from work. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 12(3), 204–221.

Sonnentag, S., Cheng, B. H., & Parker, S. K. (2022). Recovery from work: Advancing the field toward the future. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 9, 415–441.