Attachment orientations and job burnout: The mediating roles of team cohesion and organizational fairness

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 549-567

  Ronen, Sigalit ^a   Mikulincer, Mario ^b  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment; Burnout; Mediation; Organizational fairness; Team cohesion

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149103541     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407509347930     Document Type: Article

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