This study explores how performance-focused organisations – particularly where overtime expectations are the norm – affect employee burnout.

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Rebecca joined the CIPD research team in 2019, with experience as both a practitioner and a researcher in health and wellbeing at work. Now, Rebecca’s focus at the CIPD is developing HR practice and capability through research-driven projects. Rebecca has a master’s degree in occupational psychology and applies psychological theory to the workplace to create positive change, where both people and businesses can thrive.

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