Burnout and personality: Evidence from academia

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 240-256

  Ghorpade, Jai ^a   Lackritz, Jim ^a   Singh, Gangaram ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic; Assessment; Burnout; Career; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247275825     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072706298156     Document Type: Article

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