When do job demands particularly predict burnout? The moderating role of job resources

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 766-786

  Xanthopoulou, Despoina ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^a   Dollard, Maureen F ^b   Demerouti, Evangelia ^c,d   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^c,d   Taris, Toon W ^e   Schreurs, Paul J G ^f  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Research Institute for Psychology and Health   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f Institute of Work and Stress   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Demand management; Home care; Job analysis; Resources; Stress; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248943460     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940710837714     Document Type: Article

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