Effects of job autonomy, task identity and profession on burnout among health workers in jos, Nigeria

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-124

  Adebayo, S O ^a   Ezeanya, I D ^b  

^a Department of of Psychology   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Burnout; Health workers; Job autonomy; Jos; Profession; Task identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952814151     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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