Construct validity of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey: A two-sample examination of its factor structure and correlates

Work and Stress

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-237

  Taris, Toon W ^a,b   Schreurs, Paul J G ^a,b   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Work and Stress   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burnout; Covariance structure modelling; Job characteristics; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; DATA ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OPERATOR; RATING SCALE; TEACHER;

EID: 0033398069     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026783799296039     Document Type: Article

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