Social comparison and burnout: The role of relative burnout and received social support

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-278

  Halbesleben, Jonathon R B ^a,c   Buckley, M Ronald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Relative burnout; Social comparison; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747713375     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800600747835     Document Type: Article

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