Emotional exhaustion and mental health problems among employees doing "people work": The impact of job demands, job resources and family-to-work conflict

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-303

  van Daalen, Geertje ^a   Willemsen, Tineke M ^a   Sanders, Karin ^b   van Veldhoven, Marc J P M ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotional exhaustion; Family to work conflict; Job characteristics; Mental health care workers; Mental health problems; Patient interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59149088583     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0334-0     Document Type: Article

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