In a recent Forbes article, Michelle Travis highlights gender bias and its connection to employee burnout in women, drawing from Associate Professor Christin Munsch’s 2024 study on the gender disparities in rewarding overwork.

The article explores three key ways gender bias contributes to burnout:

1. Overtime: Women’s overtime is rewarded less than men’s.
2. Evaluation Biases: Women’s workplace efficiency is underappreciated and undervalued.
3. Fatigue: Women’s workplace fatigue itself is severely underestimated, leading to increased risk of burnout in women.

You can read an excerpt of Dr. Christin Munsch’s commentary below:

“Organizations claim that efficiency is a core value,” said Munsch, “but they often create workplace cultures that value overwork that is merely performative, rather than actually productive.”

You can read the full article on the Forbes website here.

Congratulations, Christin!