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Michael P. Leiter

Michael P. Leiter

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Psychology

D-Index
80
Citations
71964
World Ranking
1420
National Ranking
64

Overview

Michael P. Leiter is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia. Their research spans several interconnected areas within health professions and psychology with a focus on workplace health, stress, and burnout.

The main fields of study covered in their work include Health Professions and Psychology. Within these areas, they have contributed notably to subfields such as General Health Professions, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Sociology and Political Science.

The chief topics addressed by their research encompass:

  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Stress and Burnout Research
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Workplace Violence and Bullying

A number of recent publications illustrate their focus and collaboration within the academic community:

  • "Profiling development of burnout over eight years: relation with job demands and resources" (2020), published in the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
  • "Job Demand-Control-Support Latent Profiles and Their Relationships with Interpersonal Stressors, Job Burnout, and Intrinsic Work Motivation" (2020), published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Organizational conditions that influence work engagement and burnout: A qualitative study of mental health workers." (2021), published in the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal
  • "Humor in Workplace Leadership: A Systematic Search Scoping Review" (2021), published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "The psychological conditions for employee engagement in organizational change: Test of a change engagement model" (2023), published in Frontiers in Psychology

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Christina Maslach
  • Simon L. Albrecht
  • Jonathan G. Bailey
  • Michael Wong

Their work is often published in journals such as Frontiers in Psychology, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal.

Michael P. Leiter has also contributed to book publications, including titles released by Harvard University Press. One notable book is "The Burnout Challenge" published in 2022, which appears twice with different citation counts.

Best Publications

  • Maslach burnout inventory manual

    Christina Maslach;Susan E. Jackson;Michael P. Leiter

  • The Truth about Burnout: How Organizations Cause Personal Stress and What to Do about It

    Christina Maslach;Michael P. Leiter

  • Early predictors of job burnout and engagement.

    Christina Maslach;Michael P. Leiter

  • Work engagement: An emerging concept in occupational health psychology

    Arnold B. Bakker;Wilmar B. Schaufeli;Michael P. Leiter;Toon W. Taris

  • Understanding the burnout experience: recent research and its implications for psychiatry.

    Christina Maslach;Michael P. Leiter

  • AREAS OF WORKLIFE: A STRUCTURED APPROACH TO ORGANIZATIONAL PREDICTORS OF JOB BURNOUT

    Michael P Leiter;Christina Maslach

  • The impact of interpersonal environment on burnout and organizational commitment

    Michael P. Leiter;Christina Maslach

  • Burnout: 35 Years of research and practice

    Wilmar B. Schaufeli;Michael P Leiter;Christina Maslach

  • Key questions regarding work engagement

    Arnold B. Bakker;Simon L. Albrecht;Michael P. Leiter

  • Understanding burnout: New models.

    Christina Maslach;Michael P. Leiter

  • Work Engagement : A Handbook of Essential Theory and Research

    Arnold B. Bakker;Michael P. Leiter

  • Nurse turnover: the mediating role of burnout

    Michael P. Leiter;Christina Maslach

  • Burnout as a Developmental Process: Consideration Of Models

    Michael P. Leiter

  • The impact of nursing work environments on patient safety outcomes: the mediating role of burnout/engagement.

    Heather K. Spence Laschinger;Michael P. Leiter

  • Coping patterns as predictors of burnout: the function of control and escapist coping patterns

    Michael P. Leiter

  • Workplace empowerment, incivility, and burnout: impact on staff nurse recruitment and retention outcomes

    Heather K. Spence Laschinger;Michael Leiter;Arla Day;Debra Gilin

  • The correspondence of patient satisfaction and nurse burnout

    Michael P. Leiter;Phyllis Harvie;Cindy Frizzell

  • The impact of civility interventions on employee social behavior, distress, and attitudes.

    Michael P. Leiter;Heather K. Spence Laschinger;Arla Day;Debra Gilin Oore

  • Consistency of the burnout construct across occupations

    Michael P. Leiter;Wilmar B. Schaufeli

  • Latent burnout profiles: A new approach to understanding the burnout experience

    Michael P. Leiter;Michael P. Leiter;Christina Maslach;Christina Maslach

  • JOB BURN-OUT

    C Maslach;W B Schaufli;M P Leiter

Frequent Co-Authors

Christina Maslach
Christina Maslach University of California, Berkeley
Arnold B. Bakker
Arnold B. Bakker Erasmus University Rotterdam
Javier García-Campayo
Javier García-Campayo University of Zaragoza
Jesús Montero-Marín
Jesús Montero-Marín University of Oxford
Michelle P. Salyers
Michelle P. Salyers Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Kirsi Ahola
Kirsi Ahola Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Roberta Fida
Roberta Fida Aston University
Toon W. Taris
Toon W. Taris Utrecht University
Eamonn Ferguson
Eamonn Ferguson University of Nottingham

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