Achievement strategies during university studies predict early career burnout and engagement

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-172

  Salmela Aro, Katariina ^a   Tolvanen, Asko ^a   Nurmi, Jari Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Achievement strategies; Early career; Latent Growth Curve modeling; Longitudinal; Optimism; Task avoidance; Work burnout; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949131010     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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