Burnout, Mental Health and Work-Family Interface in Today’s Workplaces

Dear Colleagues,

The prevalence of mental health illnesses and burnout have grown exponentially, becoming worldwide problems. These conditions burden individuals’ well-being and work functioning, undermining organizations’ productivity. The recognition of burnout syndrome as an occupational phenomenon has made it even more evident that unhealthy working conditions threaten workers’ mental health. In today’s workplaces, the uncertainty engendered by the pandemic-related socio-economic crisis has increased workers’ exposure to traditional and emerging risk factors. Among these, the work–life imbalance has become one of the major challenges of modern-day work. Thus, there is an urgent need for more research capable of informing the design of mental health promotion and burnout prevention interventions and cultivating family-friendly workplaces. This Special Issue plans to collect manuscripts that offer insights into how and when emerging risk factors can be sources of mental health problems, burnout, and work–life imbalance and which factors are protective against these conditions. 

Potential article topics include, but are not limited to:

• mediators/moderators in the relationship between emerging psycho-social hazards (e.g., job insecurity, cyber-incivility) and workers’ occupational well-being
• burnout and related variables (e.g., interpersonal strain)
• application of pre-existing theoretical models to understanding of emerging psycho-social hazards’ impact
• mental health at work
• protective factors
• work-life interface
• how to create healthy workplaces

We especially welcome quantitative papers combining advanced methodology and a high academic standards together with a practical focus on how to promote mental health, prevent burnout and facilitate a good work–life balance in organizational settings. 

Dr. Valentina Sommovigo
Dr. Giulia Paganin
Guest Editors

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