Work engagement and burnout: Testing the robustness of the Job Demands-Resources model

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-255

  Korunka, Christian ^a   Kubicek, Bettina ^a   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^b   Hoonakker, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Job burnout; Job Demands Resources model; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249154770     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760902879976     Document Type: Article

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