Ing from burnout. far more than feeling blue or having a bad day, burnout is a chronic problem. christina maslach is a professor of psychology and the vice is best known as a pioneering researcher on job burnout and as the author of the widely used maslach burnout inventory (mbi).. Christina maslach, phd, is a pioneering researcher on job burnout, who has won several awards for her work (most recently, the 2017 application of personality and social psychology award). she is a professor emerita of psychology at the university of california, berkeley, and a researcher at its healthy workplaces center.. €
