Mazandaran Association of Emergency Medicine Humanistic Studies and Social Researches 3092-6467 2 1 2025 12 24 A Review of Psychological Factors Affecting Burnout in Organizations: Integrating Dispositional, Cognitive, and Motivational Constructs 237244 10.22034/hssr.2025.237244 EN Fariba Goudarzi Department of General Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran 0009-0001-9738-9168 Elham Majidi Department of General Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Nain Branch, Isfahan, Iran Afsaneh Tabatabaei Department of Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Mobarakeh Branch, Isfahan, Iran Journal Article <strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: #0f1115; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Background:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: #0f1115; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Burnout, a work-related syndrome of exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced efficacy, imposes significant human and economic costs. While organizational drivers are well-documented, a comprehensive synthesis of intrinsic psychological factors is needed to explain individual differential vulnerability.<br><strong>Objective:</strong> To systematically review and integrate empirical evidence on the psychological factors influencing burnout susceptibility and progression.<br><strong>Methods:</strong> A narrative review approach was employed. Literature was identified through searches of PubMed, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar for peer-reviewed articles and key texts published between 2000-2025, using terms: "burnout," "psychological factors," "personality," "cognition," "motivation," and "emotion regulation."<br><strong>Results:</strong> 40 key studies and theoretical papers were reviewed. Findings categories psychological factors into three interrelated domains: 1) Dispositional Traits (e.g., neuroticism, core self-evaluations); 2) Cognitive-Affective Processes (e.g., rumination, cognitive appraisals, mindfulness); and 3) Motivational & Self-Regulatory Systems (e.g., autonomous vs. controlled motivation, ego depletion). These factors form a dynamic transaction with the work environment, shaping stress perception, coping, and recovery.<br><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Burnout arises from complex person-environment transactions. Effective intervention requires a dual focus: mitigating toxic job demands and building individual psychological resources through cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness-based, and motivational skill-building approaches.</span> https://www.hssres.com/article_237244_9ea7ceaf358df89e9161850ad635a927.pdf