Perceived inequity: does it explain burnout among medical specialists?

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1900-1918

  Smets, Ellen M A ^a   Visser, Mechteld R M ^a   Oort, Frans J ^a   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^b   De Haes, Hanneke J C J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 11844282127     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2004.tb02592.x     Document Type: Article

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