Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of copenhagen burnout inventory among employees in two companies in Taiwan

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 126-133

  Yeh, Wan Yu ^a   Cheng, Yawen ^a   Chen, Chiou Jong ^b   Hu, Pei Yi ^b   Kristensen, Tage S ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Burnout; Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI); Occupational health; Reliability; Taiwan; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COPENHAGEN BURNOUT INVENTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 35148901211     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03000183     Document Type: Article

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