A Note on Leiter's Study

Abstract

This note compares the model of burnout proposed by Leiter with the eight-phase model of Golembiewski and Munzenrider. Both models cannot be correct, and scientific advance typically will involve the complex processes of contrast and comparison illustrated here. Several conceptual issues get attention, including the capacity of the two models to accommodate chronic and acute onset. Moreover, Leiter's model cannot accommodate about 50% of the cases classifiable by the phase model, judging from a collection of nearly 13,000 respondents to the Maslach Burnout Inventory.