The experience of burnout among future construction professionals: A cross-national study

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-357

  Lingard, Helen Clare ^a   Yip, Brenda ^b   Rowlinson, Steve ^b   Kvan, Thomas ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burnout; Culture; Higher education; Stress; Work study conflict

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; THREE-COMPONENT MODEL;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CONSTRUCTION; HIGHER EDUCATION; MODEL; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 34248335855     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190600599145     Document Type: Article

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