How changes in job demands and resources predict burnout, work engagement, and sickness absenteeism

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 893-917

  Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^b   van Rhenen, Willem ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ArboNed ^*  (Netherlands)

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EID: 70349515174     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.595     Document Type: Article

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