This journal is about the impact of being away from job stressors and burnout. What are job stressors? Job stressors are defined as "the absence of positive job characteristics as well as the presence of negative ones"(eden, 1990). What is burnout? Burnout is "is a syndrome of gradual loss of motivation caused by chronic stressors"(fruedenberger, 1974). So how do we get relief from these stressors so they don't cause burnout, that is what Dalia Etzion, Dov Eden and Yael Lapidot were trying to discover. The following paragraphs will explain what they did, how they did it and what they were hoping to find.

The two most common respites from job stressors and burnout are vacation and reserve services. Vacation has most commonly been studied. Exposure to daily stressors is a major precursor of burnout, many psychologists prescribe occasional time off work or a vacation as means of "recharging one's battery", helping to strengthen the feeling of competence. Vacation ameliorates job stressors by providing a change, then even a change to venue itself may provide the same relief. A reserve service provides such a chan

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