Burnout and Work Engagement: A Thorough Investigation of the Independency of Both Constructs

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-222

  Demerouti, Evangelia ^a,b   Mostert, Karina ^c   Bakker, Arnold B ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burnout; Confirmatory factor analysis; Dimensionality; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONSTRUCTION WORK; EMPLOYEE; ENERGY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77954753552     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019408     Document Type: Article

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