A model of work-related well-being for educators in South Africa

Stress and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 263-274

  Jackson, Leon T B ^a   Rothmann, Sebastiaan ^a   van de Vijver, Fons J R ^a,b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burnout; Job demands; Well being; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JOB STRESS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RATING SCALE; SOUTH AFRICA; TEACHER; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33750504832     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1098     Document Type: Article

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