Burnout: 35 years of research and practice

Career Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 204-220

  Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^a   Leiter, Michael P ^b   Maslach, Christina ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical diagnosis; Social change; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549126251     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430910966406     Document Type: Review

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