Ergophobia a hospital in New Jersey as early as in the 1860s. Ergophobia is a corollary of Occupational Burnout, which is thought to be the result of long-term unresolvable job stress. The term “burnout” did not come to be used with regularity until the 1970s in the United States. Freudenberger, for example, used it to describe the phenomenon of physical and emotional exhaustion with associated negative attitudes arising from intense interactions when working with people. Later studies on ergophobia and occupational burnout build upon the existing conception of Freudenberger’s research and found the phenomenon was quite common in a variety of
Ergophobia service sector roles, it is easy to see how it is becoming a more prevalent issue in contemporary society. A service-based economy has the potential to exacerbate emotional exhaustion as there are simply more people employed in this sector. The more people employed in an environment that is conducive to ergophobia, the greater the number of cases of ergophobia, regardless of changes in the rates reported of ergophobia itself. The changing nature of employer-employee relations has also itself been significantly altered by this evolution to a service-based economy. Performance appraisal systems are now a popular tool within organizations to enhance