The association between job strain and emotional exhaustion in a cohort of 1,028 Finnish teachers

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 213-228

  Santavirta, Nina ^a   Solovieva, Svetlana ^b   Theorell, Töres ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROL; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COHORT STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FACULTY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33947218543     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709905X92045     Document Type: Article

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