giving has an energizing effect : Netta Weinstein and Richard M. Ryan, “When Helping Helps: Autonomous Motivation for Prosocial
Behavior and Its Influence on Well-Being for the Helper and Recipient,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 98
(2010): 222–244.
firefighters and fund-raising callers : Adam M. Grant, “Does Intrinsic Motivation Fuel the Prosocial Fire? Motivational Synergy in
Predicting Persistence, Performance, and Productivity,” Journal of Applied Psychology 93 (2008): 48–58.
emotional boost from giving doesn’t always kick in right away : Sabine Sonnentag and Adam M. Grant, “Doing Good at Work
Feels Good at Home, But Not Right Away: When and Why Perceived Prosocial Impact Predicts Positive Affect,” Personnel Psychology 65 (2012): 495–530.
robust antidote to burnout : Jonathon R. B. Halbesleben, “Sources of Social Support and Burnout: A Meta-Analytic Test of the
Conservation of Resources Model,” Journal of Applied Psychology 91 (2006): 1134–1145.
started to burn out : Jonathon R. B. Halbesleben and Wm. Matthew Bowler, “Emotional Exhaustion and Job Performance: The
Mediating Role of Motivation,” Journal of Applied Psychology 92 (2007): 93–106.
tend and befriend : Shelley E. Taylor, “Tend and Befriend: Biobehavioral Bases of Affiliation Under Stress,” Current Directions in Psychological Science 15 (2006): 273–277; see also Bernadette von Dawans, Urs Fischbacher, Clemens Kirschbaum, Ernst
Fehr, and Markus Henrichs, “The Social Dimension of Stress Reactivity: Acute Stress Increases Prosocial Behavior in Humans,”
Psychological Science 23 (2012): 651–660.
health professionals : Dirk van Dierendonck, Wilmar B. Schaufeli, and Bram P. Buunk, “Burnout and Inequity Among Human Service
Professionals: A Longitudinal Study,” Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 6 (2001): 43–52; and Nico W. Van Yperen,
Bram P. Buunk, and Wilmar B. Schaufeli, “Communal Orientation and the Burnout Syndrome Among Nurses,” Journal of Applied Social Psychology 22 (1992): 173–189.