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Dr. Michael Leiter, Brief Biography

Dr. Michael Leiter is the Founder of Michael Leiter & Associates and the Canadian Centre for Organizational Research & Development. He has worked extensively with organizations around the world to address issues of workplace health. For more than two decades, he has researched burnout and methods to banish it. Together with co-author Dr. Christina Maslach, he coined the term "work engagement" as the antithesis to burnout. He is a desired speaker at international conferences on worklife and is now consulting with organizations that want to improve. He is excited to offer his newest program, Civility, Respect, and Engagement at Work (CREW).

Michael Leiter & Associates

Michael Leiter & Associates is an international consulting firm located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, specializing in employee burnout and work engagement research and solutions using survey tools, implementation, training, and support. For more information on how your team can benefit from Michael Leiter & Associates unique CREW Solution, visit www.workengagement.com, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or call 1.902.691.1446.

The Centre for Organizational Research and Development (COR&D)

The Centre for Organizational Research and Development (COR&D) at Acadia University. Dr. Leiter established the centre in 1991 to address the human resource challenges of organizations. His work as an organizational psychologist convinced him that high quality work environments required better information about the relationships of people with their work. He realized organizations that applied this knowledge could improve their work environment and enhance productivity. The Centre is committed to its dual focus of excellence in research and optimizing organizational work life. Learn More: cord.acadiau.ca

Acadia University, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, has long been recognized as one of Canada’s premier undergraduate institutions. With its nationally and internationally recognized research initiatives, small classes, and technology-rich teaching and learning environment, Acadia offers students an experience that includes academic achievement combined with personal growth and development. Learn More: www.acadiau.ca.

Credentials

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, Occupational Health and Wellbeing, Acadia University

      • Registered Psychologist (Nova Scotia)
      • PhD, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
      • MA, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
      • BA, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Recent Books

Bakker, A., B. & Leiter, M. P. (Eds.) (in press). Work Engagement: The essential theory and research. London: Psychology Press.
Leiter, M. P. & Maslach, C. (2005). Banishing Burnout: Six strategies for improving your relationship with work. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Maslach, C. & Leiter, M. P. (1997). The Truth about Burnout. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Recent Journal Articles

Laschinger, H. K. S., Leiter, M. P., Day, A., & Gilin-Oore, D. (in press). Workplace empowerment, incivility, and burnout:  Impact on staff nurse recruitment and retention outcomes. Journal of Nursing Management.
Leiter, M. P., Frank, E., & Matheson, T. J. (in press). Demands, values, and burnout: Their relevance for physicians. Canadian Family Physician.
Leiter, M. P., Gascón, S., & Martínez-Jarreta, B. (in press). Making Sense of Worklife: A Structural Model of Burnout. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
Leiter, M. P., & Maslach, C. (in press). Nurse turnover: The mediating role of burnout. Journal of Nursing Management.
Shaufeli, W. B., Leiter, M. P., & Maslach, C. (in press). Burnout: Thirty-five years of research and practive. Career Development International.
Leiter, M. P., Zanaletti, W., & Argentero, P. (2009). Occupational risk perception, safety training and injury prevention: Testing a model in the Italian printing industry. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 14, 1-10.
Bakker, A.B., Schaufeli, W.B., Leiter, M.P., & Taris, T.W. (2008). Work engagement: The emergence of a new concept in occupational health psychology. Work & Stress, 22, 187-200.
Leiter, M. P., Jackson, N. J., & Shaughnessy, K. (2008). Contrasting burnout, turnover intention, control, value congruence, and knowledge sharing between boomers and generation X. Journal of Nursing Management, 16, 100-109.
Maslach, C & Leiter, M. P. (2008). Early predictors of job burnout and engagement. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93, 498-512.

Recent Funded Research