Rev Med Suisse. 2015 Apr 22;11(471):923-6.
Revue medicale suisse
[Article in French] Toni Brühlmann
PMID: 26072599
When employing the terms burnout or boreout, one should take into account modern working conditions. They are the product of neo-capitalist economic development, meaning competition, competitive thinking, market analyses, global outsourcing, etc. An individual employee enjoys recognition and entitlement particularly based on his performance figures and position, acquired through rivalry with other employees. When one is needed and viewed as important, this reinforces one's job identity. One's narcissistic balance therefore greatly depends upon one's range of performance. If demands are too great, this may cause overload and burnout. If one's possibilities are limited, this may result in under-stimulation and boreout. Both may lead to psychophysical fatigue. Distinguishing between burnout fatigue and boreout fatigue opens the door to better understanding and targeted measures.
