Optimism and Coping as Moderators of the Relation Between Work Resources and Burnout in Information Service Workers

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-252

  Riolli, Laura ^a   Savicki, Victor ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Conservation of resources; Work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842427343     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1072-5245.10.3.235     Document Type: Article

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