TESTING THE ROBUSTNESS OF THE PROGRESSIVE PHASE BURNOUT MODEL FOR A SAMPLE OF ENTREPRENEURS

Abstract: The robustness of the 8-phase model of burnout was tested by using the Revised Maslach Burnout Instrument (MBI) on a sample of entrepreneurs. The results are consistent with the model's proposition that mean scores on the subdomains of (a) depersonalization, (b) (lack of) personal accomplishment, and (c) emotional exhaustion, increase regularly and predictably as the experienced level of burnout reported by respondents increases. Article: Golembiewski, Munzenrider, and Stevenson (1986) modified and extended Maslach's Burnout Instrument (MBI) The proposed phase model builds on the three subdomains underlying the MBI as follows: 1. Depersonalization, or the tendency to distance self from others and to objectify relationships; 2. Personal accomplishment, or one's sense of doing well on a worthwhile task; 3. Emotional exhaustion, or the degree to which individuals approach or surpass their comfortable coping limits. The phase model of burnout reportedly distinguishes high versus low scores on each of the subdomains

Architecture for a Creative Information System

Conferência Internacional, realizada de 21-24 de junho de 2009 em Guimaraes, Portugal.Considering that the capacity to innovate is increasingly becoming a decisive factor in the competition between organisations, the study and conception of systems that help the birth of new ideas, products and solutions is rising in importance. In this article, the authors consider the concept of Creative Information Systems and present a proposal for the development of architecture for such a system based on the creative technique of brute thinking.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio