Is there a relationship between burnout and objective performance? A critical review of 16 studies

Work and Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 316-334

  Taris, Toon W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burnout; Fatigue; Happy productive worker hypothesis; Meta analysis; Performance; Review; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33845510959     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370601065893     Document Type: Review

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