About this Research Topic
Chronic job stress leads to burnout. Remote work burnout mainly encompasses stress, anxiety, and isolation due to insufficient rest and time off. Overwhelmed remote team members using chiefly chat tools may experience mental duress, and thus asynchronous workflows and a psychologically safe environment should be prioritized. Prolonged emotional stress and feeling exhausted can result in lower productivity and performance. Identifying mental strain signs and decreasing stress while working remotely can prevent burnout and lead to employees staying productive while managing time and workload. Flexible jobs and taking time off can prevent remote work burnout. Constant time away from organizational tasks, through resting or doing something else, optimize employee health, productivity, and creativity.
Our objective is to attract submissions covering:
• how unmanageable stress, workplace pressure, and employee burnout can negatively impact work quality and personal relationships;
• how emotional team support can alleviate burnout and workplace stress;
• how workplace stressors, such as demanding work tasks and long working hours, may impact mental health and psychological well-being;
• how taking breaks by use of time tracking tools and remote-work time and stress management can increase productivity and optimize mental health (e.g., calendar management and mood tracker apps and burnout assessment tools);
• and how emotionally drained remote workers experiencing burnout symptoms and increased stress may develop long-term mental health problems and mood disorders.
We are interested in considering both empirical research and systematic reviews covering hot emerging topics associated with how coherent workplace behaviors and processes regarding taking breaks and time management can be pivotal in determining and preventing remote work burnout while managing mental health. Contributors should develop their research by inspecting the most recent and relevant sources in the field.
Covered themes should include:
• how peer pressure as regards moving projects forward so as to meet ever-increasing organizational expectations can lead to perpetual overwork and to a socially toxic environment, impeding creative processes and job performance;
• how workplace stress due to long working hours and excessive job expectations negatively impacts mental health, resulting in anxiety or depression;
• and how team members should systematically take time off to prevent and manage burnout and thus improve mental health and increase productivity.
The standards and rigor required for submitted manuscripts to be considered for publication include a clear presentation and adequate language level, valid research questions, hypotheses, methods, applications, or interpretations, and correct methodology as regards study design, data collection, and analysis.
Our objective is to attract submissions covering:
• how unmanageable stress, workplace pressure, and employee burnout can negatively impact work quality and personal relationships;
• how emotional team support can alleviate burnout and workplace stress;
• how workplace stressors, such as demanding work tasks and long working hours, may impact mental health and psychological well-being;
• how taking breaks by use of time tracking tools and remote-work time and stress management can increase productivity and optimize mental health (e.g., calendar management and mood tracker apps and burnout assessment tools);
• and how emotionally drained remote workers experiencing burnout symptoms and increased stress may develop long-term mental health problems and mood disorders.
We are interested in considering both empirical research and systematic reviews covering hot emerging topics associated with how coherent workplace behaviors and processes regarding taking breaks and time management can be pivotal in determining and preventing remote work burnout while managing mental health. Contributors should develop their research by inspecting the most recent and relevant sources in the field.
Covered themes should include:
• how peer pressure as regards moving projects forward so as to meet ever-increasing organizational expectations can lead to perpetual overwork and to a socially toxic environment, impeding creative processes and job performance;
• how workplace stress due to long working hours and excessive job expectations negatively impacts mental health, resulting in anxiety or depression;
• and how team members should systematically take time off to prevent and manage burnout and thus improve mental health and increase productivity.
The standards and rigor required for submitted manuscripts to be considered for publication include a clear presentation and adequate language level, valid research questions, hypotheses, methods, applications, or interpretations, and correct methodology as regards study design, data collection, and analysis.
Keywords: remote, work, burnout, stress, anxiety
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