Supervisory communication, burnout, and turnover intention among social workers in health care settings

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 364-385

  Kim, Hansung ^a   Lee, Sun Young ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Burnout; Social workers in health care; Supervisory communication; Turnover intention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 68849110013     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380802598499     Document Type: Article

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